First Battle of the Somme Picture Gallery

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Pictures from Richard van Emden's The Somme: The Epic Battle in the Soldier's own Words and Photographs (Provided by Pen & Sword)

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  Officers of 9th Rifle Brigade, August 1916
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  Major Beauchamp Magrath, 8th East Lancashire Regiment, Fonquevillers, winter 1915
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  Suspected French Spy under arrest, Somme
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  18-pounder field gun emplacement, 120th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, Somme
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  Preparing Grovetown Casualty Clearing Station, Somme, 1916
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  Signallers in Lochnagar Crater, Somme
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  Captured German Trench, Montauban Alley, Somme, 1916
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  Walking Wounded from Mametz Woodin Pommier Redoubt, Somme, 1916
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  German Officers of 180th Infantry Regiment, Thiepval, Somme
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  German Position on Thiepval Spur, Somme, 1916
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  Maxim MG08 Machine Gun, probably somewhere on the Somme
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  German burials around shell hole, Thiepval
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  Waiting for Zero Hour, Thiepval, 26 September 1916
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  Captured German Lines, Gommecourt, Somme
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  Lt Max Plowman, 10th West Yorkshire Regiment, Somme

Other Pictures

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  Somme Battlefield from Above

The Somme - The Epic Battle in the Soldier's own Words and Photograph, Richard van Emden. Covers the entire period that the British army spent on the original Somme front, from its arrival late in 1915, through the battle of the Somme and up to the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line. Mainly uses the writings and private photos taken by British soldiers, but also includes some material from the German side [read full review]

Maps

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  Battle of the Somme - 6 July 1916

Spanish Bf 109 still flying pictures_S_Somme1916

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