British troops led by an eccentric genius. With their distinctive slouch hats, the Chindits were the highly trained special ...

Determined to maintain a six year record, the crew of Josh Brangan, Tristan Wenger, Gabriel Obholzer, Richard Hawes, Cameron ...

Princess Anne's attempted kidnapping in March 1974 led to an overhaul of how the Royal Family handle their security ...

Princess Anne is widely known as the hardest-working royal, but she also proved she has nerves of steel during a 1974 kidnapping attempt. “I kept saying I didn’t want to get out of the car, and I was ...

For the 80th anniversary of James Magennis' astonishing bravery, Lord Ashcroft reflects on the very first Victoria Cross he ...

I often used to wonder about the meaning of that old aphorism "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." I now realise ...

The D-Day invasion began in the dark early hours of June 6, 1944, when more than 13,000 U.S. Army paratroopers jumped into ...

“He fought bravely as a frontline British-Indian Army 'Sephoy' and was even recommended for the George Cross medal by his superior officers. But after only six weeks of fighting, the French ...

Just before this year's women's Tour de France, Kimberley Le Court Pienaar was simply another young woman who could blend into the background on the streets of the Mauritian capital Port Louis.

The British 5000m record-holder tells AW that "it's a smart decision" to not double up in the Japanese capital George Mills has revealed that ...