The first day of the Battle of the Somme, in northern France, was the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army and one of the most infamous days of World War One. On 1 July 1916 ...

This is the story of the first day of the Somme Offensive, 1 July 1916 - the single bloodiest day in British military history ... of an elaborately-planned battle, fought against a determined ...

He had his baptism of fire at the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916. The British prepared for the battle with a massive bombardment of the German lines, which lasted a whole week.

The men had actually broken through the German lines, unlike most of the British ... for a mythic battle in the Unionist history book. On the banks of a tributary of the River Somme, a sacrifice ...

Engineer Captain Charles Gerald Taylor was the first of Wales' capped players to be killed in action in WW1 ... the Somme. He died aged 34, just two weeks before the end of the battle after ...

Staff were evacuated from the area on Thursday and the bomb squad arrived to remove the live "British WW1 fuse ... during the Battle of the Somme An Army spokesperson said: "An Army Explosive ...

Inspired by the 1916 British film The Battle of the Somme (1916) as well as Ypres’s very specific history as a crucial WW1 battleground, they discussed the legacy of the First World War and explored ...