Category: Somme 110

Somme Central: Ovillers to Fricourt

On the morning of 1st July 1916, as whistles blew along miles of the Somme front, the men of the III Corps and XV Corps rose from their trenches and walked into the centre of one of the most catastrophic days in British military… Continue Reading “Somme Central: Ovillers to Fricourt”

Somme North: Serre to Thiepval

In the first of a three-part series marking the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, we explore the fighting in the northern sector of the battlefield on 1 July 1916. This episode examines the attacks at Serre, Beaumont-Hamel and Thiepval, where some… Continue Reading “Somme North: Serre to Thiepval”