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Gian Singh’s Gian's battalion was deployed to the jungles of Burma, where he undertook the actions that would earn him the Victoria Cross.
As African men from the Fourteenth Army returned home in 1945, they found the war had brought subtle and profound change to the continent.
Bill Speakman was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1951 for protecting comrades in battle during the Korean War – the first to be invested by Queen Elizabeth II.
Remembering the end of the Second World War
The incredible story of how Major John Monro escapes a Japanese POW camp during the Second World War and received the Military Cross.
Harry Leigh-Dugmore was evacuated from Dunkirk as part of Operation Dynamo in May 1940. Read his remarkable story.
The Battle of Britain raged across our skies 85 years ago. We remember the brave pilots and groundcrew who served.
For millions of pre-partition Indian Army soldiers who had fought in the Far East, peace brought a number of challenges.
An essential part of maintaining morale was keeping troops entertained. Most units had a joker, and larger units would stage pantomimes.
Sylvia Manasseh was born in Kolkata in 1918 and vividly recalls her service in the Women’s Auxiliary Corps in India during the Second World War.
Michael Kofi Adjivon’s journey from Ghana to the jungles of Burma and his post war military career and sporting achievements continues to inspire his family.
When war broke out in Korea in 1950 Bill Fox jumped at the chance for adventure and volunteered to serve. But he had no idea what was in store for him on the other side of the world.
Letters brought comfort to many. For some soldiers communication was easy but for soldiers from India it was not straightforward.
Three generations of the Nixon family will visit Anzio and Monte Cassino to re-live the hardest fought battle of the war.
Former Royal Marine Commando Pete Dunning on the unveiling of the Iraq and Afghan Memorial.
By the end of 1945 troops were back home in the UK. But a UK that looked very different from the one they’d left when at the outbreak of war.
