In the summer of 2011 I cycled the length of the First World War Western Front with a companion, all the way from the English Channel to the Swiss Border. It was a moving journey, each different site visited being an emotional experience of its own, but the concrete forts and bunkers in the wooded hills above Verdun stand out in my memory.

"The war had a revolutionary impact on the lives of women in Britain” Discuss the validity of this statement.

From Epics of History: More Prisoners of Eternity.

A brief exploration of the reasons for the failure of the Battle of the Somme to achieve British objectives.

The Crossing is a great movie depicting the battle that changed the world.

My explanation for the layman of the terminology used in describing military formations continues with a look at tank and artillery units.

With military operations in Afghanistan in the news, and Iraq before that, people with little understanding of how the military are organised are coming across terms like regiment, battalion, brigade, etc. This article is the first in a series attempting to explain these terms to the layman.

The story of the Elswick Volunteer Artillery Battery (British Army)

When first created by the Chinese, firearms aroused a great stir in the world. Even though they didn’t make firearms as we know today, their versions were still beneficial to developing warfare from then on.

A potted history of my family tree at war.