TWO Morris sides travelled to Henley to dance in Market Place. Spectators enjoyed watching a series traditional routines performed by dancers from Old Speckled Hen North West Morris and Hurst Morris ...

Looking for an affordable family day out? Lancashire is packed with great things to do that won’t break the bank.

Edda Fields-Black was working on a book about rice plantations when she came across the story of a raid in Beaufort that ...

Volume Two of the bestselling historian's "Revolution Trilogy" details the middle years of the War for Independence, in which ...

Leaders of South Carolina's early Continental Regiments, including William Moultrie and Francis Marion, sacrificed much in ...

The King has praised a 101-year-old veteran as “amazing” and told him to keep drinking whisky during a visit to Lancashire. Charles met Richard Brock, who served in the D-Day landings, at a reception ...

Then a young lieutenant serving with the South Lancashire Regiment, he and his fellow officers had been privately briefed ahead of D-Day to expect up to 75% casualties – dead and wounded – as the ...

Then a young lieutenant serving with the South Lancashire Regiment, he and his fellow officers had been privately briefed ahead of D-Day to expect up to 75% casualties – dead and wounded – as ...

By 1937, the Malay Regiment was sending officer-candidates down to spend three-month stints with the 2nd Lancashire Loyal regiment, which was already based in Singapore. They’d undergo intensive ...

Lord Ashcroft built up his stunning medal collection to honour his heroic father, Lieutenant Eric Ashcroft, who stormed Sword Beach with The South Lancashire Regiment during the D-Day landings.

Eventually, he was commissioned as a temporary lieutenant in the 6th South Lancashire Regiment. Having fully recovered from his injuries, Attlee, now a major, ...

A lance corporal in the South Lancashire Regiment, Harry was among thousands of troops to land on Sword Beach. "I’d never been frightened of water," he said, despite the fact that he couldn't swim.