The bravery medals of a hero submarine commander who made one of World War One’s most daring escapes are being sold by his family for £18,000. Captain Sir Archibald Cochrane sank numerous enemy vessels before he was captured during the Gallipoli campaign in 1915. He was part of a group of officers who broke out … Read more
The extraordinary story of a British First World War captain who became an unlikely cult hero as he fought the communist Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War has come to light after his medals and photographs sold for £7,500. Captain William Richardson was flung into the conflict along with other Allied war veterans after troops … Read more
How’s your lockdown going? It’s ‘explosive’ says dad who found a WWI German hand GRENADE in his garage while doing some spring cleaning Charlie Bubear and his family found a WWI grenade at their Hampshire home They were doing some spring cleaning during the coronavirus lockdown The Royal Navy bomb disposal unit safely detonated the … Read more