WW1 soldier laid to rest 109 years after death

A World War One soldier has been buried alongside two unknown comrades, 109 years after his death. Sjt Richard Rounsley, who ...
Fox News

Diary from World War I discovered in barn, recounts bloody Battle of the Somme

A British soldier’s battered World War I diary recounting the bloody Battle of the Somme has been discovered in a U.K. barn. The diary, which was written in pencil by Private Arthur Edward Diggens of ...
IrishCentral

On This Day: Irish MP Tom Kettle dies during Battle of the Somme

Irish MP Tom Kettle was killed in 1916 during WWI's Battle of the Somme. Today, this giant of pre-WWI Nationalist Ireland is ...
The Argus

Bloodiest day of WW1 remembered 100 years on at Somme memorial

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BBC

Animated Map: Battle of the Somme

The Battle of the Somme was one of the most significant campaigns of World War One, as the Allied forces attempted to break through the German front line in northern France, 1916. This interactive map ...

North East soldier laid to rest on the Somme 109 years after death in World War One

Sergeant Richard Rounsley, of 12th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, and two unknown comrades have been laid to rest in ...

War heroes remembered in grave restoration project

Most of the graves memorialise people who died in both world wars, including Pte William Short, who was killed in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his ...