Sometimes people are blessed with such an age and healthy memory that they will still recall what happened 80 years ago.

In total, almost 3600 men served overseas with the Māori Battalion between 1940 and 1945. Of these, 649 were killed in action ...

The last surviving member of the 28th Māori Battalion died this afternoon, peacefully, at his home in Rotorua. Tributes are ...

“We wanted to see the world.” After training in Egypt, Gillies and his comrades arrived in Italy in 1943 during the fierce ...

The BBC will once again mark Remembrance Week across television, radio, and online with a range of original and live ...

Now, at the aged of 102-year-old, Mrs Perry will be laying a wreath at a war memorial in tribute to him following his passing. Mrs Perry, a resident at St Mary's Care Home in Crostwick, will lay a ...

Mrs Perry, a resident at St Mary's Care Home in Crostwick, will lay a wreath at the war memorial in Horsham St Faith on Remembrance Sunday. The couple married in 1942 at St Matthew’s Church, Luton.

The first Tata car was powered by a V8 and it was an armoured vehicle built to serve in World War II. Tap here to read more ...

Sunny with a high of 70 °F (21.1 °C). Winds variable. Night - Clear. Winds NNE. The overnight low will be 51 °F (10.6 °C). Mostly cloudy today with a high of 70 °F (21.1 °C) and a low of 46 ...

Caesar once began his Commentaries on the Gallic War by dividing Gaul into three parts (which no student of Latin that had to memorize the passage in school will ever forget), so I judge myself to be ...

With some 16 war books to his credit, historian James Holland remains on full firepower in “Cassino ’44”. This follows on ...