For nearly five months the fighting raged on in a battle of attrition along a 15 ... battlefield straddling France and Belgium. World War One saw the introduction of many firsts in technological ...

The brutal horror of the Battle of the Somme is unveiled in colourised photos released ahead of the 106th anniversary of World War One, with July 1st marking the start of the battle. The battle ...

The Battle of the Somme was ... explores the brutal realities of the Somme, the strategic failures, and the long-term impact it had on the course of World War I. Boaters renew call for removal ...

The 1916 film The Battle of the Somme is uniquely significant both as the compelling documentary record of one of the key battles of the First World War (and indeed one which has come to typify many ...

By the end of the battle in November, one million men had been killed or wounded. The Somme became synonymous with the horrors of war. Hear BBC archive recordings of veterans who fought in one of ...

The 20th century gave us two world wars that have altered the world's political landscape to this day. We would do well to ...

A painting depicting a World War One battle in which hundreds of Welshmen ... Division were killed or injured at Mametz Wood during the battle of the Somme. Welsh artist Christopher Williams ...

A World War One rifleman's harrowing pocket ... Battalion City of London Queen Victoria Rifles on July 1, 1916, in the Battle of the Somme. Britain's bloodiest battle in military history claimed ...

He was killed during the Battle of the Somme only three days into his second ... local exhibition marking the centenary of the First World War. At that point he and his brother David finally ...

Gen. Christopher T. Donahue, commanding general of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, led Memorial Day tributes Sunday at the Somme ...

Police in Barnsley are appealing for information following damage being caused to the Battle of the Somme memorial in ... died on the first day of the World War One battle were destroyed at ...

Otherwise known as the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal ... he was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916. He left behind a widow and six children ...