A diary has revealed that ­British and ­German soldiers made secret pacts to cut the carnage of the trenches in the First World War. The story of how both sides put down their weapons to play ...

A WW1 soldier's step-grandson unearthed a diary from the trenches. He's turned it into a blog and is posting entries every day in real time.

THE numbing life of a British World War One captive in a German internment camp has come to light nearly 100 years on in an emotional diary. After not seeing it for many years, Paul Driver, 68 ...

A postcard in a trench diary gives a family the answer they have waited more than 100 years ... German WW1 diary solves British soldier 'mystery' 9 November 2024. Share Save. Gemma Sherlock. BBC ...

A diary from a World War One soldier has come to light providing details of a Christmas Day truce in 1915. Pte Robert Keating's account explains how a ceasefire was held by some men despite orders ...

IT was the worst day in British military history - the day 62,000 men fell dead or wounded in the Battle of the Somme. Private Walter Hutchinson witnessed the bloody carnage as he sat in ...

WW1 soldiers using a British heavy gun Credit: PA Soldiers' lives on the Western Front have been thrown under the spotlight as thousands of diaries are released online.

German WW1 diary solves British soldier 'mystery' Image source, Philipp Cross. Image caption, The picture on the postcard was of Pte Percy Walsh and his colleagues and family Article Information.

A postcard discovered in the diary of a German World War One officer has led his descendant to bring a message sent to the trenches more than a century ago back to the family of a fallen British ...