Though the British Empire officially dissolved decades ago, its legacy is still woven into the fabric of many nations across the globe. From language and law to education systems and infrastructure, ...

London has been described as a city built on the spoils of empire, prompting visitors, at least over a damp weekend in March, to wonder why more of these spoils weren’t spent on proper indoor heating.

Case Western Reserve University professor John Broich taught a class about the British Empire and the Indian Army's efforts during World War II. He argued that the Indian Army's role has been ...

Indian soldiers serving with the British Army, at camp during World War I, circa 1916. ILLUSTRATION: Getty Images The First World War helped to dethrone a superpower—paradoxically, one of the ...

Find out about troops from the British Empire with BBC Bitesize History. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.

On June 6, 1944, the British found themselves suddenly and irrevocably overtaken by their former colony.

Controversial academic Corinne Fowler was branded 'crass' yesterday for comparing the British Empire with Japan's brutal treatment of prisoners during the Second World War.

From Northern Ireland to Kenya to Malaya, Queen Elizabeth II oversaw violence during her reign across the shrinking British Empire ...

As the historian David Edgerton writes in his The Rise and Fall of the British Nation, “by the time she was crowned in 1953, the implied unitary empire had already gone”. Elizabeth II ascended to the ...

Why the queen who lost the British Empire is still revered -- Elizabeth II lucky she’s not locked in the Tower of London Queen Elizabeth II celebrating her Jubilee ...

The map below gives an idea of the number of soldiers who signed up to fight for Britain from several British Empire countries.