One soldier keeps a look out using a periscope to see over edge of the trench. Around 650,000 Canadian soldiers fought in WW1. While much of a soldier’s life at the front line was characterised ...

Life in the quarries was vastly preferable to the muddy hell of the trenches above. A journalist visiting one of the caverns in 1915 noted that “a dry shelter, straw, some furniture, a fire ...

Ms Middleton said the pupils' laser gun "battle" offered them an insight into life in the trenches She said: "The students found it very frustrating that they couldn't just run around and hide ...

sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm with visitors of all ages There was object handling of amazing WW1 artefacts in the ...

Ukrainian poets who have taken up arms to defend their country are capturing life in the trenches, and soldiers are turning to poetry to help them cope with their war experiences. DW's Sonia ...

The letter may well have saved his life. Family members say that my great-grandfather spoke of serving in the trenches and witnessed friends being killed. He was shot in the elbow during his time ...