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The Somme and the Great War : World War One Battlefields
The Somme and the Great War : World War One Battlefields
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11K views · 981 reactions | Join us in remembering the Battle of the Somme. On this day in 1916, 19,240 British men perished at a rate of a death every 4.4 seconds. It remains the bloodiest single day in the history of the British Army. Lest we forget. | Veterans' Foundation | Facebook
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One Last March on the Somme In 1966, Somme veterans returned to the old battlefield to march the leafy lanes and quiet villages one last time. Fifty years after the battle, their legs may have weakened, but their spirit remains unbroken. | Scott Bennett
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Somme veterans return to the old battlefield in 1961, remembering what occurred there 50 years earlier. They recall that fateful moment at 7.30am on 1 July 1916 when they clamoured from their trenches and walked into the withering German machine gun fire. By that evening 19,240 of their comrades had been killed, 35,493 wounded and 2,152 missing or prisoners of war. ‘All I could see was men lying dead, men screaming, men on the barbed wire,’ remembered veteran Donald Murray. ‘No more Sommes’ beca
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Somme veterans remember: ‘the sun was glistening on the bayonets’ On the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme in 1966, 500 British veterans returned to the Somme. They recalled the attack on 1 July, advancing forward in the morning sunshine. 🪖 If this history matters to you — like, share, follow or subscribe @ScottBennettWriter for more real stories from the Great War. Because the past lives on when we choose to remember it. #scottbennettwriter #somme | Scott Bennett
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This year we remember 100 years since The Battle Of The Somme. At 7.30am, on July 1, 1916, the infantry began its advance. By November, when the offensive was halted, more than one million Commonwealth, French and German soldiers had been wounded, captured or killed. Lest we forget. | Veterans' Foundation
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