Somme Collection (page 10)

Chaulners Peronne Line 1917
Ruins of the Peronne Bridge over the Somme looking towards Flamincourt on the Chaulners Peronne Line on the British Front in France during World War I on 3rd April 1917

Mouquet Farm 1917
The dug-outs under Mouquet Farm, Somme, in France on the British front during World War I in February 1917

Contalmaison Chateau 1917
A contrast of war, the ruins of Contalmaison Chateau, Somme, with sign saying hotel for sale in France on the British front during World War I in 1917. It was never rebuilt

The Somme, 1917
British cavalry crossing a temporary bridge over the Somme near Brie in France on the British front during World War I in May 1917

British Military Band 1917
A British Military Band playing at the front at La Neuville les Bray, Somme in France during World War I in January 1917

British supply tank 1917
A British supply tank, Kingston, going up to the trenches at Miraumont, Somme in France during World War I in 1917

Battle of the Somme
The old British Front Line trenches during the Battle of the Somme, Delville Wood, Somme, in France during World War I on 3rd july 1917

La Boisselle 1916
British troops take cover in the long grass near the village of La Boiselle on the first day of fighting in the Battle of the Somme

Hawthorn Ridge 1916
What remains of the Middlesex Regiment make their way back to the British lines after the failure to take the Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt on the first day of the Somme offensive

Captured German dugout, Battle of Albert
Photograph of an incredibly elaborate and well-built German dug-out in the northern corner of Bernafay Wood, captured by the 9th Division during the Battle of Albert on the 3rd July during the first

Nesle 1918
Men of the 20th British Division and the 22nd French Division in hastily dug rifle pits covering a road, in the Nesle sector of the Somme region

British soldier asleep in trench, 1916
A British soldier catches up on some sleep in a front line trench at Thiepval in September 1916, his rifle propped up alongside him

German underground dug-out
Interior of a German underground dugout at Fricourt during the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. Note the immaculately made brass bed and other comforts

Morval 1916
Near Ginchy, British troops wait for their orders to attack during the Battle of Morval, 25th to 28th September 1916, part of the Battle of the Somme

Somme trench 1916
British troops wait pensively in the trenches for the order to advance on Beaumont Hamel on the first day of the Battle of the Somme

Machine gunners 1916
British machine gunners using a Vickers Gun and wearing their gas masks, near Ovillers during the Battle of the Somme

British troops, the Somme 1916
Weary British troops rest after action at Aveluy Wood during the battle of the Somme

Pozieres 1916
Pozieres, a small village situated on high ground of strategic importance during the Battle of the Somme. Between 23rd July and 5th August

World War I trench
A communication trench behind the British lines on the Somme. These trenches were used to transport men, equipment and food supplies to the front line

Scottish & French troops 1916
On the Bray sur Somme Road Scottish troops pass the French soldiers that they are relieving at Maricourt

Hawthorne Ridge 1916
A huge mine is exploded at Hawthorne Ridge, near Beaumont Hamel, signalling the start of the Battle of the Somme. The massive explosion alerted the German forces to the imminent British attack

Battle of Albert 1916
British forces attack German trenches near Mametz on the the first day of the Battle of Albert. The British suffer heavy casualties on this first day of the Somme campaign

British troops 1916
Exhausted British troops return from the trenches near Bernafay Wood, which had been taken on 3rd July in the early days of the Battle of the Somme

Trones Wood 1916
Trones Wood after a snowstorm in November 1916. The Wood had become a desolate landscape, devastated by the constant barrage of shells

A shell explodes 1916
A shell bursts amongst the barbed wire entanglements on the battlefield at Beaumont Hamel, a village ultimately taken by the British during the Battle of the Somme

Trench near Martinpuich
The 8th Seaforth Highlanders hold a front line trench facing the village of Martinpuich

French machine-gunner 1916
French machine-gunner of the 10th Army with a CSRG Chauchat machine gun in the Somme area on the French front during World War I in August 1916

Trench digging 1916
Excavating machine for digging trenches near Grivillers, Somme on the French front during World War I in June 1916

London Territorials
The London Territorials charge a German trench at Pozieres during the Battle of the Somme in 1916

Courcelette 1916
A German shell bursts near an advanced dressing station at Courcelette during the Battle of the Somme

Field kitchen 1916
British troops receiving hot dinner rations from a field kitchen in the Ancre area of the Somme. Hot food was not supplied to front line British troops until late in 1915

The Somme 1916
British soldiers, silhouetted against the sky, rush to the attack across no mans land during the Battle of the Somme

Disused British trench 1916
An old British trench at the Fricourt Salient on the Somme battlefield

British field guns 1916
British field guns in action during the Battle of the Somme

Royal Irish Rifles 1916
British troops - a party of the Royal Irish Rifles - rest in a communication trench on the first day of the Battle of the Somme

German casualty
The remains of a German casualty of the fighting lies to the side of a rough track somewhere on the Somme

German Flame-thrower; First World War, 1916
Photograph showing a captured German flame-thrower, displayed in a yard behind the French lines, 1916. This flame-thrower, or flammenwerfer, was captured during one of the battles of the Somme

British Convoy heading for the Somme Front; First World War
Photograph showing a convoy of British trucks heading towards the Somme section of the Western Front, 1916

Mounted French Spahis guarding German prisoners; First World
Photograph showing French Algerian Spahis on horseback guarding German soldiers captured during the Battle of the Somme, 1916

The entrance to a captured German dug-out
The staircase and entrance to a German dug-out captured by the British army during the Somme offensive in July 1916. Such shelters were often highly elaborate

The beginning of the Somme offensive
British troops are shown marching across German trenches at the beginning of the Somme offensive of July 1916. Some soldiers are shown consolidating the captured positions

The crater of an exploded mine
A photograph showing one side of a crater left by the detonation of a buried mine by the French army as part of the Somme offensive of 1916

British soldiers advancing as reinforcements
Soldiers are shown marching to reinforce a British attacking force in France, September 1916. The advance was part of the greater British Somme offensive which began in July of that year

During the British Advance in the West: Australian Officers
Official photograph from August 1916 showing a group of Australian soldiers stopping for lunch during the British advance at the Western Front

Allied Advance at Somme
British troops advance to the attack across the trenches

Edward IV Meets Louis XI
Edward IV meets Louis XI on a bridge over the Somme

1916 / Somme / Maisonette
Dawn breaks at the Maisonette as French troops struggle through the knee-deep mud

Chateau De Rambures
Chateau de Rambures (Somme)

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