Fritz Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Tomorrow is the 100th Anniversary of the opening of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916. I can remember my father talking about it fifty years ago, that was then the 50th anniversary, now we have 100. Pictures via wikipedia Lancashire Fusiliers fix bayonets German dead near Combles-Guillemont, September 1916 Further pictures of a restored, empty British 18 pounder shell, purchased during a W.F.A. Tour in Spring 1983 at an official kiosk at the Delville Wood Battle site. The brass fuse cap is still clearly marked with the grid numbering and a lot number 1058-1916 and B.S.C. No.85, being presumably Birmingham Small Arms Co. Thousands of these shells of all calibres must have rained down on the German positions during this period, many are still being found, some lay by the wayside, others are sold for the upkeep of the memorial site, which was given to South Africa. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 Further photos added 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 View towards the Butte de Warlencourt 1916, artist's impressions A photo of the Western Front Association on the Somme Tour at Easter 1983. John Giles (centre ) and two veterans are present, Bert Russell and Private Grover 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted April 11, 2022 Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 Battlefield Tour of the Somme - Western Front Association, 9.- 12. April 1982 1 Day 1 - No caption 2 Railway Hollow Cemetery (Sheffield Memorial Park) 3 Gommecourt 4 Gommecourt, Railway Hollow 5 Gommecourt, Railway Hollow, British trenches 6 Hébuterne? 7 Serre No.2 Cemetery with French Cemetery in background 8 Day 2 - Villers-Brettoneux, Australian/British Cemetery 9 Ovillers, British Cemetery 10 Ovillers, Lt.John Lauder 11 Albert, Place de la Mairie 12 Albert, Cathédrale 13 Pozières, Australian memorial 14 Tank Memorial, Pozières 15 Pozières 16 Pozières Mill 17 Pozières, Tank Memorial 18 Private Grover (l.) served at High Wood, Oct.1916, first return (R.Sussex Rgt.) 19 Flérs, Mémorial francais 20 Flérs, British Memorial, 41. Division 21 Newfoundland trenches at Guedecourt 22 Newfoundland monument at Guédecourt facing German lines 23 No caption 24 No caption 24 Butte de Warlencourt 25 Butte de Warlencourt 26 Day 3 - No caption 27 Lochnagar crater, La Boisselle 28 Lochnagar crater, La Boisselle 29 La Boisselle, Tyneside memorial 30 Caterpillar Valley 31 Caterpillar Valley and Thistle Dump Cemetery to High Wood 32 Delville Wood, South African memorial 33 South African Memorial direction S.A. H.Q. dugout, Delville 34 Guards Memorial, Lesboeufs Cemetery 35 Guards Cemetery, Guinchy 36 Bert Russell, Leuze Wood 37 Fricourt, German cemetery 38 Day 4 - Aveluy Wood 39 Aveluy Wood 40 Aveluy Wood 41 Thiepval Memorial 42 Mill Road Cemetery, Schwaben Redoubt 43 Thiepval, Schwaben Redoubt, Memorial 36th Division, Ulster 44 Beaumont Hamel, Newfoundland trenches, left, Hawthorne Ridge, right, y-Ravine 45 Beaumont Hamel 46 Beaumont Hamel 47 Beaumont Hamel, Newfoundland memorial 48 Beaumont Hamel, Danger Tree in no-mans land in front of Canadian trenches 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted April 18, 2022 Author Share Posted April 18, 2022 The Tour itinerary 1982 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fritz Posted May 21, 2022 Author Share Posted May 21, 2022 Winterberg Tunnel near Crâone. Over 200 men were trapped in the tunnel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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