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Poppies in October! #somme #lochnagarcrater

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33.67% of British troops mobilised were killed/wounded

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German machine for digging trenches, 8 January 1918

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A dinner for wounded soldiers in Dublin Castle Hospital on Christmas Day #Ireland #WWI

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The free buffet at Euston Station, Christmas 1917 #WW1

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The success on the first day of the Battle of Cambrai resulted in the ringing of church bells across Britain #WW1

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Along most of the Western Front the Allied troops were looking directly into the sunrise during the morning 'Stand To' #WW1

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During the Battle of the #Somme 51 Victoria Crosses were awarded; 17 of the were awarded posthumously #WW1

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Haig suffered from toothache. Consequently the army quickly hired a dozen dentists & by the end of the war there were 831 at the front #WW1

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One in five of the Australians and New Zealanders who left their country to fight in the war never returned; 80,000 in total #ww1centenary

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During WW1 the Tower of London moat wasn't filled with poppies but vegetables!

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The oldest soldier to die during the Battle of the Somme was Lt Henry Webber 7th South Lancashire aged 68. Buried Dartmoor Cemetery #Somme

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Helmet worn by Private William Short, who died during the Battle of the Somme and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.

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Brodie Helmets were issued to British soldiers during early 1916 and were used for the first time on the opening day of the Somme offensive.

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#Somme Many shells fired in the preliminary bombardment were duds & failed to explode, particularly high explosive shells.

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In the preliminary artillery bombardment for the Battle of the Somme British artillery fired 1.73 million shells on the Germans lines

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Other than the Rivers #Somme & Ancre, & a small stream between Vadencourt & Contay, there was no surface water near or on the battlefield

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Other than the Rivers #Somme & Ancre, & a small stream between Vadencourt & Contay, there was no surface water near or on the battlefield

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Until the #Somme the largest bombardment fired by the British Army had been in the Battle of Loos in September 1915.

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26Apr1916: #Somme 18th Div carry out successful raid north of Carnoy. 10 enemy killed or taken prisoner.