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How the Somme exposed the horrors of trench warfare

This video illustrates the catastrophic scale of the Battle of the Somme, the deadliest campaign of World War One. Animated maps and visuals show how the offensive unfolded across fortified trenches ...
BBC

An Post commissions stamp to mark WW1 Somme centenary

A new stamp has been commissioned in the Republic of Ireland to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. An Post, the Irish postal service, said the specially-designed stamp would be released in ...
BBC

Underground journey to find WW1 Somme tunnel digger's grave

Sapper William Arthur Lloyd was killed by a German mine while tunnelling below the Somme battlefield in 1915. Now his great granddaughter has retraced his steps to stand just feet from where he died - ...
BBC

WW1 centenary: The villagers who returned to the Somme

The villages of the Somme have long since been rebuilt, the lines of the trenches have disappeared, and once-cratered fields run smooth beneath the tractor. But the imprint of World War One will never ...
The Northern Echo

Bloodiest day of WW1 remembered 100 years on at Somme memorial

Senior royals and politicians have led tributes to the dead of the Battle of the Somme on the 100th anniversary of the bloodiest day in British military history. Prime Minister David Cameron, French ...
Daily Mail

Harrowing pocket diary from rifleman in World War I who survived the Somme shows solemn reality of those killed in the conflict

A World War One rifleman's harrowing pocket diary details the solemn reality of life fighting on the frontline. Rifleman Timothy Elliott went over the top with the 9th Battalion City of London Queen ...
Evening Chronicle

Raising a glass - and funds - in memory of North East heroes of the Somme

VIP guests and military families raised a glass to local Somme heroes at the Newcastle launch of the WW1 Centenary Ales Campaign. A selection of four new beers have been created to commemorate local ...
The Northern Echo

Students visit The Somme to mark Great War centenary

STUDENTS at a Teesside college had a lesson in the harsh realities of war when they visited The Somme to mark the centenary of World War One. The students from Redcar & Cleveland College visited the ...
The Argus

Bloodiest day of WW1 remembered 100 years on at Somme memorial

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