Soldiers lay a wreath at the Jewish Cemetery in Weissensee, Berlin in November 2012 World War One centenary commemorations are important in the UK, but in Germany people rarely visit WW1 cemeteries.

THE medals and logbooks of a prolific World War One fighter ace have sold for £21,000. Captain Percy “Pip” Clayson terrorised ­German enemy aircraft in the summer of 1918, clocking up 29 ...

the British War Medal and the Victory Medal, each was issued to thousands of soldiers after World War One. Some remain proudly displayed on descendants' walls, but many have been lost to attics or ...