George Bell and Thomas McGill were cousins. Their families came from the small village of Glenluce in South-West Scotland where I grew up. Every day, on my way to school, I'd walk past their names, ...

LONDON — Guinness World Records said Friday that 113-year-old British World War I veteran Henry Allingham has become the world's oldest man. The previous holder of the title, Tomoji Tanabe, died in ...

LONDON -- Henry Allingham, one of the last surviving veterans of World War I and the world's oldest man, died Saturday. He was 113. Allingham's longtime friend Dennis Goodwin said he died in his sleep ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of people attended the funeral on Thursday of "Last Tommy" Briton Harry Patch, who was the last surviving veteran of the World War One trenches until his death at the age ...

British Veterans of the first world war had trusted their nation when the war had started in 1914. But after 1918, it seemed like the promise of a Land fit for heroes was not a reality. Kevin O'Leary ...

Long thought to have been stolen, the Purple Heart medal that Worcester native Thomas Flynn was awarded for his World War I service was returned to his family at the State House on Tuesday, the latest ...

Many young men from Chippewa County served their country proudly during WW1. We have been fortunate to have a few artifacts that originally belonged to one of these men, Oscar Bjork, that have been ...