WW1 commemorations across the Midlands
Events have been held across the Midlands to mark 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War.
Events have been held across the Midlands to mark 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War.
When all the war trumpets sounded in Britain in August 1914, the echoes carried far and wide - to all corners of the British Empire.
By the end of the conflict, more than a million Indian soldiers had been sent overseas. Rajiv Popat reports on these often forgotten men.
A harrowing account of life in the trenches during the First World War has been revealed - 100 years since they were first written.
People across the region have switched their lights off and lit candles, to honour those who fought for our freedom.
Our correspondent Steve Clamp has been researching his great grandfather who was fatally injured just days after reaching the front.