History and Heritage

Normandy veteran George Batts pictured at his home in Maidstone Kent in 2014 (Picture: PA Images/Alamy Stock Photo).

D-Day veteran George Batts dies aged 97

Three 50-year-old bottles of rare Royal Navy rum to be auctioned off (Picture: Dreweatts).

Rum-arkable: Rare liquor issued to Royal Navy for daily tot tradition goes up for auction

FV 214 Conqueror moves to military museum in Nottinghamshire for restoration

Iconic Conqueror tank returns to site of WWII training ground for restoration

Flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth showed Pride colours on global deployment to coincide with World Pride in 2021 (Picture: Royal Navy).

MOD admits destroying records of gay veterans sacked from military

Craigavon House Staircase CREDIT The Somme Association/Somme Museum

Haunting tales of ghostly sightings at military locations that might keep you awake at night

Image ID 2HHT4EF Lt Col Paddy Mayne 1 January 1945 EXP 061122 CREDIT Trinity Mirror Mirrorpix Alamy Stock Photo

Paddy Mayne and the SAS: The man behind the legend

Captain Laurence WH Taylor 100th birthday centenary Plymouth Royal Naval Association members 1 CREDIT Royal Navy

Royal Navy veteran shares tales of seafaring career as he celebrates turning 100

Alfie Allen Connor Swindells and Jack O'Connell in SAS Rogue Heroes CREDIT BBC

BBC's SAS Rogue Heroes had to be toned down as creator thought truth was too unbelievable

A still image taken on 2 October from trailer for All Quiet on the Western Front (Picture: Netflix).

'All Quiet on the Western Front': remake of classic film based on WWI book coming to Netflix on Friday

US tanks provided to the UK for the British battle against Gemany and Italy during the Second World War

Remembering decisive Second World War battle of El Alamein 80 years on