Battles of the Somme

In July 1916, the British and French armies launched an offensive near the River Somme in northern France. The Battles of the Somme would form one of the bloodiest and most important campaigns of the First World War.

Men from every part of Britain and across the British Empire took part in the offensive, which lasted nearly five months. Both sides committed huge quantities of manpower and munitions to the struggle. When the offensive was halted in November 1916, the forces of the British Empire had suffered some 420,000 wounded, captured, or killed.

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Private Robert Willie Ainsworth 7447, 16th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom Battles of the Somme ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Serjeant Frans Edgar Hermann MM, 10th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment – Trench Raider

First World War Army United Kingdom Battles of the Somme COUIN BRITISH CEMETERY

By Noonans Mayfair

United Kingdom

Pte Ernest Crane, 1st/7th Worcesters - killed on the Somme

First World War Army United Kingdom Battles of the Somme MILL ROAD CEMETERY, THIEPVAL

United Kingdom

Private Albert John Herbert 22847, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom Battles of the Somme THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

By Terry Whenham

United Kingdom

Captain Leslie Davies - "Thoughtful for his mother, brave for his country"

First World War Army United Kingdom Battles of the Somme CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

United Kingdom

Sergeant Herbert Nown. 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles.

First World War Army United Kingdom Battles of the Somme REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT

By Terry Whenham

United Kingdom

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