WW1 The Great War 1914-1918

09/11/2025

Well worth a watch. The Royal British Legion festival of remembrance 2025.

Full coverage from the iconic Royal Albert Hall of the Royal British Legion’s annual Festival of Remembrance, attended by senior members of the royal family....

01/07/2025

This day in 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, was the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army and one of the most infamous days of World War One. British forces suffered 57,470 casualties, including 19,240 fatalities. They gained just three square miles of territory.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.

11/11/2024

On this Armistice Day anniversary, I always spare a thought in particular for Private George Edwin Ellison born in York, England on 10 August 1878.

Private Ellison was the last British soldier to be killed in action during the First World War. He died at 09:30 am on 11th November 1918 (90 minutes before the armistice came into effect), shot by a sniper while on a patrol in woodland on the outskirts of Mons, Belgium.

I took this photo in October 2019 while on a visit to pay my respects at his final resting place.

He is buried at St Symphorien military cemetery, Mons, Belgium.

We will remember them.