First Day of the Somme

[First Day of the Somme @firstdaysomme]

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[First Day of the Somme @firstdaysomme]

Tragic charge at Fricourt on the First Day of the #Somme. Quick read ebook. #OTD #Somme105 #OnThisDay #WW1 #FWW

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[First Day of the Somme @firstdaysomme]

Some corner of a foreign field ... in this case, Fricourt. #Somme #Somme105 #firstdaysomme #WW1 #FWW

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[First Day of the Somme @firstdaysomme]

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[First Day of the Somme @firstdaysomme]

First Day of the #Somme: both sides of the story. Red, white and blue centenary edition. A 360-degree account of the bloody offensive's opening day, in the words of soldiers who were there. #WW1 #milhistory #britisharmy https://t.co/hz88PrgFiX

[First Day of the Somme @firstdaysomme]

@corporalskitbag The Wellington Mounteds book is interesting. A good number of those fellas ended up in 2nd Battalion, Wellington Regiment and fought in the village of Flers, which may be of some interest!

[First Day of the Somme @firstdaysomme]

First Day of the #Somme: both sides of the story. Red, white and blue centenary edition. A 360-degree account of the bloody offensive's opening day, in the words of soldiers who were there. #WW1 #milhistory #britisharmy https://t.co/hz88PrgFiX

[First Day of the Somme @firstdaysomme]

Isn't the phrase 'Lions led by Donkeys' now just used as a pejorative to close down meaningful and uncomfortable debate on the matter of military effectiveness during WW1?

[Battle of Britain @MuseumKent]

A Very Happy 102nd Birthday to Gp/Cpt. John 'Paddy' Hemingway DFC, who flew with No.85 Squadron, during the Battle of Britain.

'Paddy' is the last 'known' member of 'The Few'

Enjoy your day sir..

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

14 July 1938 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Evika Herzl, was born.



In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

[Paul Reed @sommecourt]

A French Press Photo showing a wounded British soldier being carried in by two captured German soldiers on the Somme, July 1916. #WW1 #1GM #Somme105

[First Day of the Somme @firstdaysomme]

Some corner of a foreign field ... in this case, Fricourt. #Somme #Somme105 #firstdaysomme #WW1 #FWW

https://t.co/Yey8CJd5d8

[Andrew Hamilton @MeetAtDawn]

Stumbled on a poignant photo propped up against the grave of 19 yr old 2nd Lt Francis Hicking 13/WesYorks in Fricourt New Military Cem killed on 1st July 1916.Six of the 10 boys in the 1907 photo of Bramcote school cricket team were killed in the War.Francis is back row far left.

[BattlefieldTours1418 @battlefield1418]

Fricourt New Military Cemetery was created as four big graves, made by the 10th West Yorkshire Regiment after the capture of Fricourt in July 1916, and a few single graves of September 1916.

[Chavasse Farm @ChavasseFarm]

Citadel New Military Cemetery. The cemetery is in the Northern part of a valley, running from Fricourt to the Somme, which was known in 1916 as "Happy Valley." The cemetery contains 380 Commonwealth burials.

[Sam Gascoyne 🇺🇦 @SamGascoyne2]

Today's earky morning walk in Fricourt German Cemetery. Paying our respects to these remarkable Soldiers too.

[Ron Eisele @ron_eisele]

The World War 1 German Cemetery at Fricourt emerging out of the morning mist.

[Valentin Pesant @valentinpst]

Very beautiful ceremony today for the 105th anniversary of the battle of the sum in Thiepval #LestWeForget 🌹🇬🇧

[Valentin Pesant @valentinpst]

Beautiful colours here at Connaught cemetery ,Thiepval 🌹

[Simon Bendry @WW1_Education]

Poppies growing in no mans land close to the @CWGC Cross of Sacrifice at Connaught Cemetery on the edge of Thiepval Wood. Remembering 19,240 British soldiers who were killed on the opening day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916 #OTD

[ScotsMilitaryHistory @S_M_R_G]

A new photo from our library, Photographer was the Army & Navy Studio, 89 Victoria Road, Aldershot.