Flanders and the rest of Belgium will this weekend mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation in the Second World War with several events, including in Ypres, the town forever …
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Robert Brand and 2 unknown Great War soldiers buried with full military honours in Belgium 105 years after their deaths
The burial service for Robert Brand, organised by the MOD’s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC), also known as the ‘MOD War Detectives’, was held at the Commonwealth War Graves …
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Although not on the scale of those that disappeared during the Stalin era, the purpose was the same; as well as criminals, enemies of the State such as aristocrats, businessmen, …
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The unfinished portrait, valued at £650,000, depicts the cavalry officers Risaldar Jagat Singh and Risaldar Man Singh. The pair were junior troop commanders in the British Indian Army’s Expeditionary Force …