Charles was also shown a kilt worn by a soldier wounded in the Somme which has been untouched for decades during a visit to ...

The Battle of the Somme was one of the most significant campaigns of World War One, as the Allied forces attempted to break through the German front line in northern France, 1916. This interactive ...

The first day of the Battle of the Somme, in northern France ... The British force consisted of soldiers from Britain and Ireland, as well as troops from Newfoundland, South Africa and India.

A lot of Peter Jackson's film comes from the material of the groundbreaking documentary The Battle of the Somme For Remembrance Sunday BBC Two is screening Peter Jackson's World War one ...

He rose to the rank of captain and won the Military Cross for his role in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. It was there that he witnessed the death of the Irish nationalist MP Tom Kettle.

On Wednesday, 9 August 1922, an Irish Free State soldier named Flood ... and most casualties in the battle for Cork were recorded in this area.³ Two eye-witness accounts—one by Dr James Lynch ...