Somme Collection (page 6)

British soldiers near Peronne, Somme, WW1
British officers and men, the first to cross the Somme near Peronne on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Ruined house at Le Barque, Western Front, WW1
A ruined house at Le Barque, on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1917

British troops watching shelling, Western Front, WW1
British troops watching shelling on German trenches on the Western Front in France (Somme advance) during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Ruined brickwork in Le Barque, Western Front, WW1
A close-up of ruined brickwork in Le Barque, on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1917

Annotated aerial shot of Western Front, France, WW1
An annotated aerial shot of part of the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Places named are Lesboeufs, Le Transloy, Morval and Leuze Wood (nicknamed Lousy Wood by the troops)

Old German trench near Pozieres, Western Front, WW1
An old German trench near Pozieres on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Battlefield near La Boisselle, Western Front, WW1
A battlefield and trench near the village of La Boisselle on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldier with birdcages, Western Front, WW1
A British soldier finds birdcages in the ruins of Ovillers, on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British troops digging trench, Ovillers, Western Front, WW1
Men of a Worcestershire regiment digging a communication trench near Ovillers, on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British trench near Ovillers, Western Front, WW1
A British fire trench near Ovillers, on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. In the trench are men of a Worcestershire regiment. Date: circa 1916

Haig and Rawlinson, Western Front, WW1
Sir Douglas Haig, British Commander-in-Chief, with Sir Henry Rawlinson, Army commander, at an HQ on the Western Front in France during the Battle of the Somme, World War One. Date: circa 1916

King George V visiting Allied HQ, Western Front, WW1
King George V on a visit to France during World War One. Front left to right: General Joffre, President Poincare, George V, General Foch and Sir Douglas Haig

Ruined mill at Beaucourt sur Ancre, France, WW1
View of the ruined mill at Beaucourt sur Ancre on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldier relaxing on a stretcher, Somme, WW1
A British soldier relaxing and reading the news on an abandoned German stretcher on the Somme, Western Front, during World War One. Date: circa 1916

General view of Combles, Western Front, WW1
General view of Combles on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

View of Combles from old German trench, WW1
View of Combles on the Western Front in France during World War One, seen from an old German trench. Date: circa 1916

British lorries on a road, Western Front, WW1
British lorries on a road near the Somme, Western Front, World War One. Date: circa 1916

Captured German howitzer on the Somme, WW1
British soldiers on the Somme with a captured German howitzer, World War One. Date: circa 1916

Major General C. T. Nicholson, GOC of the 34th Division during the Battle of the Somme, replacing his predecessor, Major Ingouville-Williams who had been killed by German artillery fire near

Ammunition on pack mules, Western Front, France, WW1
Ammunition being carried on pack mules on a wet day during the British advance on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1917

British soldiers washing in swamp, Somme, WW1
British soldiers washing and cleaning up in a swamp on the Somme, Western Front, during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Smashed up German trench at Morval, Somme, WW1
A smashed up German trench at Morval on the Somme, Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

German gunners on the Somme, France, WW1
Artists impression of German gunners fighting on the Somme, northern France, during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1918

Valley of the Somme near Clery, France, WW1
French soldiers in the valley of the Somme, near Clery, northern France, during the First World War. Date: September 1916

Mine crater on the Somme, France, WW1
Mine crater on the Somme, northern France, covered in snow during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1918

British soldiers on the Somme, France, WW1
Two British soldiers on the Somme, France, during the First World War -- a greeting inside a wartime Christmas card. Date: November 1916

On the Somme Battlefield, with the French
A French soldier in a trench working a machine gun. Date: 1916

On the Somme Battlefield, with the French 1916
French artillerymen taking 240mm shells up to the firing guns. Date: 1916

Russian trenches on the French Front 1916
Russian soldiers occupying a trench in France during the Battle of the Somme. Date: 1916

The Western Front Offensive: French Commanders
General Fayolle and General Balfourier. Date: 1916

German Prisoners of War 1916
The first batch of German prisoners taken during the opening of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916. Date: 1916

Organisers of the French Offensive on the Somme
Two famous French Generals Ferdinand Foch (right) and General Emile Fayolle. Date: 1916

Captured German artillery
German guns captured by the French army during the Battle of the Somme. Date: 1916

The Indian cavalry in action in France 1916
Soldiers of the Indian cavalry, in France, close to the fighting front during the Battle of the Somme. Date: 1916

Battle of the Somme map 1916
A map showing the advancement of British troops north and south of the River Somme. 1916

Troops from Annam marching to a camp in France 1916
A photograph of Annam troops marching to camp at St Raphael to assist in the Battle of the Somme. 1916

A captured gun being transported 1916
A German position gun captured during the battle of the Somme, by the French army passing through French reserve lines, drawn by ten horses ridden by helmeted and cloaked French artillery drivers

A captured 77 Field gun 1916
A German 77 Field Gun captured by the French army during the Battle of the Somme. 1916

Damage caused by British mines and guns on the Western Front
Officers examining the damage caused by an explosion of a British mine underneath the enemies position during the Battle of the Somme

Results of British mines and guns on the Somme
Officers examining the damage caused by an explosion of a British mine underneath the enemies position during the Battle of the Somme

A German 15cm Siege gun
A photograph showing a German gun captured by French soldiers during the Battle of the Somme. Intended to be a decisive breakthrough

Winter in the British Lines on the Somme 1917
In February 1917, when the ground was sodden with slush and snow everywhere, work had to be still done, making or capturing trenches

France - Somme - Albert - Basilica Notre-Dame de Berbieres
Albert, Somme, France - Basilica of Notre-Dame de Brebieres, circa 1910. Destroyed during WW1 after several bombardments by the German Forces during the First Battle of the Somme

Louvencourt (Somme), France - Rue du Four (Kiln/Bakehouse/Oven Road). Date: circa 1907

Doullens, France - The Railway Station
Doullens - a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France - The Railway Station. Date: circa 1910s

A Procession in Picardy - delightful study of a religious parade of relics passing at Longpreies-Corps-Saints, Picardy, France

The German line of defence - Battle of the Somme - WWI
The German line of defence between Curlu and Hem-Monacu - Battle of the Somme - WWI. Date: circa 1916

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