British munitions factories produced over 170 million artillery shells during WW1. As trenches were ... and carrying out basic duties: The army also had regiments of engineers at their disposal.

Dan Snow explains that at the start of WW1, Germany had around 6000 trained military dogs and the British Army had just one - an Airedale terrier. The situation changed thanks to the intervention ...

He was among thousands of soldiers in the British Expeditionary Force who fought ... Bagpipes were carried into other battles during WW1, and again during World War Two. Piper Daniel Laidlaw ...