A collection of medals including a Victoria Cross won by an Army officer for his bravery in a controversial war during the era of the British Raj has sold for £420,000 at auction.

Victoria Cross: The ten living recipients of Britain's highest military honour IT is the highest British military award and is given for valour "in the face of the enemy".

By the 1890s, there were a number of Egyptians and Sudanese who were recruited into the British Army to play music for colonial regiments - so Jimmy Durham was not alone. But his story was unique.

A dangerous mix of self-confidence and contempt for their foes infected many in the British Army during the Zulu War. This misjudgement led to thousands of deaths - and an unsavoury, high-level ...

Beards had been banned in the British army until this time, but the freezing temperatures of Crimean winters, and the impossibility of getting shaving soap, led to a necessary change.

The Victoria Lines are a series of fortifications built by the British military during the last quarter of the 19th century. Their defining feature is a continuous infantry wall, more than 12 ...

This work completes noted naval historian Dr. Friedman’s history of the origins, evolution, and service of the British battleship that began with his excellent 2016 book The British Battleship: ...