THE last surviving relative of a Guernsey-born First World War hero believes that his story has gone largely untold due to an administrative error more than a century ago.

The Napoleonic, Crimean and Boer Wars, the Indian campaigns followed by the First World War and ensuing major 20 th century British armed conflicts (18 different campaign medals were issued in the ...

As we remember our war dead, there is no better time to evaluate the importance of bravery, to cherish it and to try to ...

He also caught the British public’s imagination as one of the only five ... for their actions during the Crimean War. Private John Williams was presented with his VC by the Governor Major-General ...

He carefully lifts a ribbon from the case and delicately places it in his fingers. "This is the medal right here," he said. He has kept the British War Medal in his bedside table for a decade, ...

"This is the medal right here," he said. He has kept the British War Medal in his bedside table for a decade, pondering the story of its rightful owner — a solider born in 1895 who served 14 ...

Richard Meade, who died in 2015 aged 76, became the first British rider to win an individual Olympic title at the Munich Games in 1972. It was his third gold medal out of three, making Mr Meade ...

Alwyn Craig has been presented with nine unclaimed medals and badges for his service in the Vietnam War. The 76-year-old lived on the streets of Newcastle for 30 years, but his loved ones did not ...

Two Olympic gold medals were among the items stolen by burglars during a home raid in South Gloucestershire. The medals were won by equestrian Richard Meade during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.

A Port Hawkesbury woman has long imagined a Remembrance Day with her great-uncle's war medals. It will happen this year for the first time thanks to some sleuthing and the kindness of her great ...

A rare bravery medal awarded to a hero dog who flew in over 30 World War II combat missions is being ... But a day later a British warship sank the vessel and Bozdech - with Antis in his arms ...