September 2019

The graves of British military casualties buried in the Iraqi desert have been renovated after decades of conflict prevented their upkeep. The Habbaniya War Cemetery, about 60 miles west of Baghdad, honors 173…

British World War II veterans were among those honored before a crowd of thousands on a night of special commemoration to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem.Arnhem city center was packed with Dutch citizens and visitors from…

Dutch town to grant honorary single citizenship to more than 300 British soldiers who died fighting to liberate the Netherlands in WWII.Special honor will be given to the 328 men buried in the Commonwealth and War Graves Commission (CWGC)…

Mierlo War Cemetery in the Netherlands. Photo: Wammes Waggel via Wikimedia Commons. A number of headstones of British and Commonwealth soldiers from World War II in the Netherlands have been disfigured by swastikas and other markings,…