In the years leading up to the start of the Second World War, Britain’s empire extended to every continent on Earth. As such, ...

The hoard contains 44 British coins that bear the name of British Celtic King Cunobelin, who reigned from around AD5 to AD40 ...

The war involved people from all over the world. Great Britain, Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary all ruled empires. Their colonies sent supplies, food and soldiers to help in the war effort.

The beleaguered Conservatives need to summon the resolve of outnumbered British Empire soldiers who fought off the Zulu army, ...

The historic Battle of Isandlwana's 146th anniversary came alive as history enthusiasts, including British soldiers and local ...

Barkawi takes on the notion of the “martial races", problems of religious taboo and caste, and makes a case that even pre-war British officers ... war and the history of the “Indian National Army”. An ...

In 1899, Canada agreed to send volunteers to serve under British command in the Boer War. (Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada C-007986, Montreal soldiers of C Company South African ...

After the battle of 22-23 January 1879, 11 men received the Victoria Cross, the British Empire's highest award ... disasters ever suffered by a British army, when a Zulu surprise attack massacred ...

But a leading Anglo-Saxon expert has now suggested it might have been the grave of British soldiers who fought for the Byzantine Empire in the 6th century AD. The site was unearthed in the late ...