This is the story of the first day of the Somme Offensive, 1 July 1916 - the single bloodiest day in British military history ...

The first day of the Battle of the Somme, in northern France, was the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army and one of the most infamous days of World War One. On 1 July 1916 ...

In a ‘living memorial’ to the British soldiers killed in the Somme, young men dressed in WW1 uniforms appeared at stations and in city centres all over the country. In towns and cities ...