Some 40,000 Welshmen died during the First World War. The deaths were only one aspect of the tribulations which the Welsh, in ...

Britain needed better aircraft and more trained pilots. LILY’S GREAT-GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER: At the start of World War One Britain was protected by the largest navy in the world. There hadn’t ...

In the battlefield conditions of WW1 this meant an average of 500 rounds a minute with a range of over 3,000 yards or 2,743m. Compare this to the best riflemen and their bolt action, single fire ...