A funeral has been held for a 100-year-old veteran who "lived for the day" and served in Burma during World War Two. Tom ...

I joined the Army in June 1940 as a volunteer. Paid the King's shilling (5 pence). Reported to the racing stables Dringhouses, York. Slept in the stables on straw mattress and pillows which we filled ...

West Yorkshire Reg. "Leeds Rifles" A photograph of my Grandparents Alfred Ramsden Sands and Hilda Mary Sands nee Quelch. West Yorkshire Regiment Private, West Yorkshire Regiment Private, West ...

A regiment’s colours were once defended so fiercely that its last man would lay down his life in defence of its capture on enemy soil. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you ...