The battalion took part in the Battle of Arras in the spring of 1917 and the Third Battle of Ypres later that year. Capt Smith was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre and Order of Leopold for his ...

In the latest in a series looking at Shakespeare’s references to birds, Steve Sutherland has the lark in his sights.

Lance Corporal George Rankeillor, from the 1st Royal Dragoons, died aged just 20 after his unit came under heavy artillery fire on the outskirts of the French town of Arras in April 1917.

On 10 June 1943 the Pointblank Directive was issued, expanding on the Casablanca Directive of February 1943 which had ordered the destruction of German targets and the undermining of German morale ...

At close: March 26 at 3:59:58 p.m. EDT Loading Chart for ARK.V ...