I won gallantry medals at the Somme.
You don't remember the Somme?
The Battles of the Somme.
Somme soldier who died a hero.
Hands up in this room, those who were at the Somme.
Somme far from negligible in the current economic context of many French.
Near Albert, this museum focuses on the Battles of the Somme(1914-1918) and the Aces of Aviation.
ON JULY 1, 1916, in
the pleasant farming region of Picardy in Northern France, the First Battle of the Somme began.
The task for the 1st
only British 13th Corps at the Battle of the Somme was 31 page(and, of course, was not satisfied).
World War I: First day on the Somme- On the first day of the Battle of the Somme
19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
July 1st 1916- World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme
19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
Before being themselves withdrawn to Egypt in March 1918,
they took part in the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Bazentin,
the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, the advance to the Hindenburg Line and finally the Battle of Cambrai.
It is also the headquarters of the 22nd Canadian Regiment, which formed at the beginning of the First World War and boasts a distinguished record,
including action at the Battle of the Somme and, much later, in the Korean War.