When Powles-Staton Funeral Home started participating in Operation Toy Soldier in 2015, they put out only one barrel at their ...

Bronze statue The Gunner was originally modelled in clay by artilleryman Alexander Carrick while he was on active service in 1917. Gunner Carrick, from Musselburgh, West Lothian, operated eight-inch ...

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US TV star Jimmy Fallon was treated to some Highlands hospitality during his holiday in Royal Deeside. The actor had been touring the grounds of Balmoral Castle this week when one of the soldiers ...

Four years ago, construction workers clearing the land for a new hospital in northern France made a grim discovery. Soon after, they had unearthed the remains of more than 100 people. Such finds are ...

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The army’s Scottish line infantry regiment has formed its first dedicated drone platoon, with soldiers getting to grips with the latest reconnaissance technology. Soldiers from Second Battalion, the ...