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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...

At the stroke of 11am this morning, Bermuda fell silent for two minutes to honour our war dead. The tradition dates from the Armistice, which ended what was then called the Great War on “the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” in...

HMS Argyll seized more than 200kg of cocaine with an estimated street value of $15 million only a day after leaving Bermuda, where the ship had been assisting with the clear-up after Hurricane Gonzalo. After spending four days in Bermuda, the Royal N...

Emblems of respect for soldiers who lost their lives in war, some 12,000 remembrance poppies have been brought to the Island by the Bermuda Legion — and they will be given out, starting this Saturday, in the buildup to Remembrance Day on November 11....

Islanders descended on the Anglican Cathedral in Hamilton on Sunday to remember those Bermudians who fought and died in the First World War. The memorial service was attended by Governor George Fergusson, Premier Michael Dunkley and Acting Opposition...

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the first Bermudian to be killed in the First World War. William Edmund Smith drowned when his ship, HMS Aboukir, was torpedoed by a U-boat off the Hook of Holland on September 22, 1914. Historian and National Mus...

The start of the first major battle of the First World War was yesterday commemorated by the City of Hamilton. And the widow of a soldier who marched off to war nearly 100 years ago was the guest of honour at the City Hall ceremony. Joseph Levon, the...

The last battles fought between Britain and America had their origins in Bermuda 200 years ago this month. A massive fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral Alexander Cochrane left the island in August 1814 headed for Chesapeake Bay to crack down on ...