Up to 350,000 black and Asian soldiers who died fighting for the British Empire were not commemorated by name, Parliament will hear on Thursday.

The growth of Britain's empire in Africa, India and elsewhere in the eastern hemisphere by 1815 has often been seen as the result of a systematic search for a new empire to replace the wealth of ...

Just what drove the expansion of the British Empire into one of the largest in history? Kenneth Morgan weighs up whether it was the desire for greater trade or the thirst for conquest. The long ...

The remains of a British soldier killed fighting in WW1 have been laid to rest – 108 years after his death.

The British Army has apologized and removed a tweet of a soldier wearing black face paint, after it prompted outrage online. The tweet showed a soldier with his face painted black and holding a ...

A version of this article appears in print on April 23, 2021, Section A, Page 16 of the New York edition with the headline: Fallen British Empire Soldiers Overlooked Because of Racism, Inquiry Finds.

Some revel in the supposed glories of the British Empire, but it was vicious and brutal, writes Kenny MacAskill.