Somme Collection (page 9)

Signallers 1916
Signallers of the Royal Garrison Artillery use a daytime lamp while sheltering in a shell hole near Fricourt Wood during the battle of the Somme

Railway Gun 1916
A 12 inch British Mark IX railway gun in action at Meaulte during the Battle of the Somme

Mametz 1916
A British 4.5 inch Howitzer, the standard British field artillery unit of World War One, in a captured German gun position

Thiepval Wood 1916
Men of the Border Regiment resting in a front line trench at Thiepval Wood Date: August 1916

Maricourt 1916
British transport wagons getting bogged down in the mud in Maricourt, during the Battle of the Somme

Flers 1916
A British ammunition limber carrying shells and ammunition forward along the Lesboeufs Road, outside Flers, during the Battle of the Somme

Flers-Courcelette 1916
New Zealand troops create a new trench by linking up shell craters, somewhere near Martinpuich, on the first day of the Battle of Flers-Courcellete

Battle of Albert, Somme 1917
British tanks going into action between Amiens and Bouchoir at the Battle of Albert (First Battle of the Somme) on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1918

Indian cavalry 1916
The Deccan Horse line up in ranks in the Carnoy Valley, waiting for the order to advance during the Battle of Bazentin Ridge, the beginning of the second phase of the Battle of the Somme

Laying a charge 1916
Laying a charge in a mine chamber during the Battle of Albert, during the opening days of the Somme campaign. The officer to the left of the picture is using a geophone

Shell cases 1916
A large dump of empty shell cases at Fricourt, a village captured by the British on the 2 July, during the opening phase of the Somme campaign

British troops, Maricourt 1916
British troops, some on horseback, accompanied by a few French soldiers, leave for the front line at Maricourt in the Somme area

Canadian troops 1916
Canadian troops scramble to leave their trench and advance toward enemy lines, somewhere in the Somme area

Delville Wood 1916
A British communications trench is dug through Delville Wood, which has been devastated by the heavy fighting in the area during the opening months of the Somme campaign

Second Battle of the Somme 1918
An armoured car about to start on a reconaissance near Biefvillers at the second Battle of the Somme on the Western Front in France during World War I in August 1918

Communication trench 1916
The scene in a British communications trench. Troops gather, shortly before they are given the order to advance during the Battle of Albert in the first few days of the Somme campaign

Harbonnieres 1918
Australian troops returning from the front after several hard days of fighting at Harbonnieres, Somme, on the Western Front in France during World War I in August 1918

Beaumont Hamel 1916
British troops resting in a support trench, some asleep, shortly before the attack on Beaumont Hamel on the first day of the Somme campaign

British soldiers 1916
Two British soldiers, muddy and soaked but looking cheerful, stand in the middle of a cemetery, somewhere in the Somme region

Road to Guillemont 1916
The road to to the village of Guillemont as seen from Waterlot Farm. Part of the wider Somme campaign, the Battle of Guillemont began on 3rd September

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

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