Albert Ball was the first pilot of the Royal Flying Corps to receive the Victoria Cross. He was shot down on 7 May 1917. He is credited with shooting down 43 German planes. Image: Imperial War Museums ...
Researchers locate the torpedoed HMS Stephen Furness 10 miles off the coast of Northern Ireland The final resting place of a First World War ship that has been lost since 1917 has been discovered ...
1. Austria- Hungary was carved ... German ally Austria-Hungary on 7 December 1917. Explanation: After four years of combat, the Allies won World War I. Around 8.5 million soldiers died as a ...
DAN SNOW:Hello, I'm Dan Snow. It's easy to forget when considering World War One that those involved really did come from all over the world, not just the USA, which didn’t enter the war until ...
When Britain declared war on Germany on August 4, 1914, the highly British settler population of Nelson and the Kootenays responded with enthusiasm. About 175 local men and boys enlisted and left ...
In July 1917, Welsh poet Hedd Wyn posted a poem titled Yr Arwr (The Hero) back to Wales from a village in France. Douglas Clark is regarded as one of the greatest ever Rugby League forwards and was ...