With his kilt proving his proud Scottish ancestry, the diminutive Lieutenant-Colonel 'Mad Mitch' Mitchell was the hero of the 'last battle of the British Empire'. Following Britain's air strikes ...

As someone who grew up in the last days of the British Empire, I am often asked how it was that so few people controlled so ...

So it was also with South Asia. In 1946, Sir Francis Tucker, the head of Eastern Command, proposed a British protectorate ...

of empire. He’s Churchill’s garrison-mate ... supplies and services essential to the life of the community.” British troops and police were thus free to operate “virtually without ...

Whether it is Pakistan, China, Bangladesh or Myanmar, the unfinished business of history haunts the region every day ...

As someone who grew up in the last days of the British Empire, I am often asked how it was that so few people controlled so ...

As someone who grew up in the last days of the British Empire, I am often asked how it was that so few people controlled so much of the world ...

Only the British empire was expected to survive as the standard ... to wearing a British officer’s coat when visiting British troops in the field. He had a natural politician’s instinct ...

The Carolina Corps achieved emancipation through military service, paving the way for future fighters in the British Empire to do the ... joined “His Majesty’s troops.” ...