The dawn sky is lit by the bombardment before the assault on Thiepval, 15 September 1916, during the Battle of the Somme.
The dawn sky is lit by the bombardment before the assault on Thiepval, 15 September 1916, during the Battle of the Somme.
The road to Guillemont viewed from Waterlot Farm during the Battle of the Somme, 11 September 1916.
The road to Guillemont viewed from Waterlot Farm during the Battle of the Somme, 11 September 1916.
Men of Royal Irish Rifles resting in a communication during the opening hours of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916.
Men of Royal Irish Rifles resting in a communication during the opening hours of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916.
Soldiers of the 10th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment marching to the trenches near Doullens, 3 July 1916.
Soldiers of the 10th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment marching to the trenches near Doullens, 3 July 1916.
Roll call of the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers on the afternoon of 1 July 1916, following their assault on Beaumont Hamel during the opening day of the Battle of the Somme.</br></br></br>
Roll call of the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers on the afternoon of 1 July 1916, following their assault on Beaumont Hamel during the opening day of the Battle of the Somme.


Men of the British West Indies Regiment in camp on the Albert - Amiens Road, September 1916.
Men of the British West Indies Regiment in camp on the Albert - Amiens Road, September 1916.
The Mark I 'Male' tank 'C19' 'Clan Leslie' in Chimpanzee Valley preparing for the advance on Flers during the Battle of the Somme, 15 September 1916.
The Mark I 'Male' tank 'C19' 'Clan Leslie' in Chimpanzee Valley preparing for the advance on Flers during the Battle of the Somme, 15 September 1916.
British troops in the ruins of Beaumont Hamel on the Somme battlefield two weeks after its capture on 13 November 1916.
British troops in the ruins of Beaumont Hamel on the Somme battlefield two weeks after its capture on 13 November 1916.
German barbed wire entanglement at Beaucourt-sur-Ancre after the village was captured on 14 November 1916, during the closing phase of the Battle of the Somme.
German barbed wire entanglement at Beaucourt-sur-Ancre after the village was captured on 14 November 1916, during the closing phase of the Battle of the Somme.
Three 8-inch howitzers of 39th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA), firing from the Fricourt-Mametz Valley during the Battle of the Somme, August 1916.
Three 8-inch howitzers of 39th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA), firing from the Fricourt-Mametz Valley during the Battle of the Somme, August 1916.
British soldiers eating hot rations in the Ancre Valley during the Battle of the Somme, October 1916.
British soldiers eating hot rations in the Ancre Valley during the Battle of the Somme, October 1916.
The mine under German front line positions at Hawthorn Redoubt is fired 10 minutes before the assault at Beaumont Hamel on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916.
The mine under German front line positions at Hawthorn Redoubt is fired 10 minutes before the assault at Beaumont Hamel on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916.