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At first blush, red crepe paper poppies might seem to make for unlikely boutonnières. But at this time every year, they appear on the lapels of thousands of Bermuda residents in the run-up to Remembrance Day on November 11. That solemn public holiday...

As Bermuda celebrated the 50th birthday of the Royal Bermuda Regiment at last month’s Tattoo, visitors caught a glimpse of another anniversary. From 1915 to 1916, the 38th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force was stationed on the Island before trav...

A campaign to help migrants fleeing war-torn Syria by providing them with slings has been deemed a success by organisers. Lexi Rego, who helped to organise the local campaign, said 60 slings and baby carriers had been donated, along with $380 to help...

The Island and its role in the dark years of the Second World War feature in a current best-seller 1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History. As the United States and president Franklin Roosevelt grappled with arguments over how to intervene in the...

A replica of a classic schooner believed to have been built in Bermuda, whose contribution to the Battle of Trafalgar is still commemorated by the Royal Navy, is today being installed at a new home in Hull Marina. The original HMS Pickle carried the...

War is always a great evil, but as even pacifist Bertrand Russell conceded, under some extreme circumstances it may actually be the lesser of two evils. The Second World War [1939-1945] was a case study in just such circumstances. The entire world wa...

Next Monday marks a big anniversary for former Premier David Saul: 200 years since Waterloo, the epochal battle that ended the ambitions of Napoleon Bonaparte and ushered in a long peace for Europe. “It’s one of the most famous battles of the modern ...

The seas were very rough under a grey sky, with many of the men fighting seasickness on ships being tossed about in an angry ocean as they headed for one of the most decisive battles of the Second World War. It was June 6, 1944, and under the command...

The decision to delist the old Royal Naval Club building at the entrance to Dockyard has prompted opposition and concern from the National Trust. The structure, which dates back to the early 1820s, was taken off the list of protected buildings this m...

A beacon will be lit on Spanish Point Park on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of World War Two victory in Europe. This will be done along with parts of the British Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies and in Britain itself. The Bermuda Regime...

The History of Policing in Bermuda is the first book documenting the evolution of policing on the Island. This is the fourth in a series of articles that will appear in The Royal Gazette in advance of the book’s sale at local stores. When the Second...

The details of the brutal killing of a young Bermudian prisoner of war near the end of the Second World War have been compiled by an Italian scholar, with help from the dead soldier’s relatives in Bermuda. James Outerbridge was just 20 when a guard k...