The artwork commemorates the Accrington Pals, who were nearly wiped out in the Battle of the Somme.

Hundreds of people gathered early this morning to pay their respects to the 20,000 British soldiers who died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme - 109 years ago today. They arrived at the huge ...

A Ceremony of Remembrance has taken place in Dublin to mark the 110th anniversary of the Battle of Somme and recognising all ...

On July 1, 1916, the first shots were fired in what would become one of the bloodiest engagements in human history, the 141-day Battle of the Somme. It was nearly two years into what was then being ...

The first day of the Somme offensive was the bloodiest in the history of the British Army. Add a new article contribute your article to the site The Great War - Battle of the Somme July 1st 1916 The ...

A British soldier’s battered World War I diary recounting the bloody Battle of the Somme has been discovered in a U.K. barn. The diary, which was written in pencil by Private Arthur Edward Diggens of ...

International ceremonies are being held today to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme's final day. Around 2,000 guests will gather in the northern French village of Thiepval, which has been ...

This year will mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest battles in military history. In 1916, Allied forces made a "big push" to break German lines, but were met with fierce ...

French President Francois Hollande (center left) arrives in Thiepval along with Britain's Prince Harry (left) and Prince William and his wife, Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, to attend the Somme ...

The Battle of the Somme was supposed to be the offensive to win WW1. What's the story? Read more ...

Thousands of fallen soldiers from the Battle of the Somme are being honoured in a new walkway of ceramic tiles in Manchester. Path of the Remembered at Heaton Park, where many of the region's soldiers ...

Overnight in London, an honor guard stood vigil at the grave of the Unknown Warrior. On Friday morning, across Great Britain, citizens observed a moment of silence. And midday Friday, at a quiet field ...