Thousands of people have turned out on the streets of the Shankill Road in Belfast for the unveiling of an archway honouring ...

In Carrickfergus, among those saluting the fallen at a VE Day service at the town's war memorial was 98-year-old George ...

Hero 99-year-old Second World War veteran Tony Jessop was the guest of honour as Severn Trent held a poignant VE Day memorial ...

It might seem unusual now, but sailors in the Royal Navy had a daily allowance of rum, called a ‘tot’ and equivalent to about ...

During the Second World War alone, more than 2.5 million soldiers from pre-partition India joined the Allied forces, writes Nizam Uddin – their names are etched in dusty archives but absent from too ...

The King’s Own Scottish Borderers fought hard to the last during World War Two.

“I ran into the living room and I said ‘there’s a war, there’s a war on’. I was quite excited,” said Ruth, now 98. “I had no idea of the horror in my mother’s face, because she had been a nurse in the ...

Northern Ireland will mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day with a series of events to commemorate the end of fighting in ...

A motivated primary school has paid its respects in acknowledging the service and sacrifices of people who have served in New Zealand’s Defence Force for more than a century. The ANZAC assembly held ...

The Liberation Convoy, which followed the journey made by the so-called “Shetland Bus” during the war, was greeted with a floating salute as it arrived in Lerwick on Tuesday night. The Shetland Bus ...

Communities throughout the West Coast are joining a nationwide celebration to mark 80 years since the end of World War II in ...