Francis Drake's successful voyage included British sailors' arrival in California and the plundering of a glut of Spanish ...

The Carolina Corps achieved emancipation through military service, paving the way for future fighters in the British Empire ...

On one of the last ships to leave Singapore before it was invaded, after the war she returned to Malaya and married a planter who was caught up in the Malayan Emergency. I was born just as the sun set ...

King Charles III has annulled the Commander of the British Empire (CBE) honour of British businessman and Indian-origin peer ...

Hundreds of Empire ships were employed by the Government of the United Kingdom. They were acquired from a number of sources: many were built for the government; others obtained from the United States; ...

The king came for his children and missed - It’s long been said that if you come at the king, you best not miss. Well, what ...

PNS Tipu Sultan (DDG-185), a Tariq-class destroyer, has been an integral part of the Pakistan Navy since it was acquired in ...

Top of the Bloomberg tree is the US-based Walton family, who are worth $432.4bn and keep getting richer for a simple reason: ...

Most countries of the world were at one time or another colonized by Europeans, but a select few managed to retain their ...

This month marks 80 years since Singapore, a British colony with significant strategic importance was invaded and subsequently captured by the Empire of ... sinking of HM Ships' Prince of Wales ...

Peter commanded the minehunter HMS LEDBURY in the opening phase of the 2003 Iraq War (Operation TELIC 1), for which the ship received the Al Faw battle honours ... and was appointed an ‘Officer of the ...

Raminder Singh Ranger was awarded the CBE, the third-highest honour in the Order of the British Empire, in 2015 for his contributions to British business and the Asian community. Listen to Story Lord ...