Morse created the first wire-and-electricity telegraphs, but the optical telegraph already used long-distance, line-of-sight signaling for rapid communication, usually with torches. A set of ...

SOS is a universal distress signal used to ask for help in emergencies. Many people think it stands for 'Save Our Souls' or ...

Phyllis “Pippa” Latour Doyle, the last surviving female spy of Churchill’s Special Operations Executive, died in 2023 aged ...

A memorial is unveiled dedicated to gay military personnel and to those who served during the armed forces gay ban.