Somme Collection (page 3)

A view of a British trench, Ovillers, France, World War I, 1916. Men of the 11th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment, during the Battle of the Somme

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment parading for the trenches, France, World War I, 1916
The loyal North Lancashire Regiment parading for the trenches, France, World War I, 1916. During the Somme campaign

A long white line. A common sight in France, World War I, 1916. A line of British army trucks during the Somme campaign

A huge shell, weighing 1400lb, Somme campaign, France, World War I, 1916. Ready to be fired by the 15-inch howitzer, or Grandmother as it was called

A complimentary message to Fritz, Somme campaign, France, World War I, 1916. Artist
A complimentary message to Fritz, Somme campaign, France, World War I, 1916. Notice the message chalked on the shell by one of the gunners

A British wiring party going up to the trenches, Somme campaign, France, World War I, 1916

Hot work at the guns, Somme campaign, France, World War I, 1916. British gunners busily engaged in putting over a curtain barrage

A sentry in the trenches looking through an improvised persicope, France, World War I, 1916. During the Somme campaign

Red Cross men in the trenches tend a wounded man, Somme campaign, France, World War I, 1916

German prisoners brought in from Contalmaison, Somme campaign, France, World War I, 1916

British soldiers searching captured German prisoners, Somme campaign, France, World War I, 1916

Meeting of Edward IV of England and Louis XI of France at Picquigny, France, 1475 (1864). Edward (1442-1483) and Louis (1423-1483)

Meeting of Edward IV and Louis XI at Pecquigny, 1475 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle
Meeting of Edward IV and Louis XI at Pecquigny, 1864. Edward IV, ( 1442-1483) and Louis XI, (1423-1483) making an alliance at the Treaty of Picquigny negotiated for peace on 29 August 1475 between

An evening in the reserve trenches at Beaumont Hamel, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail. (Colorised black and white print)

Damaged interior of Albert Cathedral, France, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Nightingale & Co
Damaged interior of Albert Cathedral, France, World War I, c1914-c1918. Stereoscopic card detail

The Sun going down over no mans land on the Somme, France, World War I, c1914-c1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Hundreds of German guns captured at Couralette, France, Battle of Somme, World War I, 1916. Stereoscopic card detail

High explosive shells bursting in Mametz Wood, France, World War I, 1916. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
High explosive shells bursting in Mametz Wood, Somme, France, World War I, 1916. Mametz Wood was the objective of the 38th (Welsh) Division at the Battle of the Somme

Mine crater at La Boiselle, the Somme, France, World War I, c1916-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Mine crater at La Boiselle, the Somme, France, World War I, c1916-c1918. The crater was created by a massive underground mine placed in tunnels beneath the German lines by British sappers of

German prisoners of war beside the ruins of the basilica of Albert, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Engineers repairing a light railway, Hangard, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Engineers repairing a light railway, Hangard, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Aerial view of the ruins of the town and basilica of Albert, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Prussians captured by Old Contemptibles in the advance at Pozieres, World War I, 1914-1918. Old Contemptibles was the name self-adopted by British troops belonging to the regular army in 1914

The front line at Ovillers, Battle of the Somme, Picardy, France, July 1916 (1935). From A Concise History of the World, introduction by Sir John AR Marriott (Associated Newspapers Ltd, 1935)

A wood in the Somme area, France, 1916, (c1920). Destruction during the First World War. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

The village of Mametz after the July bombardment, Battle of the Somme, 1916, (c1920)
The village of Mametz after the July bombardment, Battle of the Somme, France, 1916, (c1920). Destruction during the First World War

Combat between the French and English cavalry at the passage of the Somme
Combat between the French and English cavalries at the passage of the Somme. From Cassells Illustrated History of England

Indian cavalry after their charge, Somme, France, First World War, 14 July 1916, (c1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War

A tank in action on the Western Front, Somme, France, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War

British troops on the Somme Heights, France, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914-1918

French cavalry on a reconnaissance mission, Somme, France, 1914. In the face of machine guns, modern artillery and barbed wire

The ruins of Albert, Somme, France, 23 September 1914. Albert was the scene of fierce fighting in September 1914, and was close to the front line throughout the war

German prisoners captured by the 3rd and 4th British Armies, Somme, France, 21-22 August, 1918. Soldiers captured by the British at the Battle of Bapaume

Columns of German prisoners, Somme, France, 1918

The ruined town and church bell tower of Albert, Somme, France, 22 August 1918. Albert was the scene of fighting in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 when it was largely reduced to rubble

British soldiers exploring the ruins of Albert, Somme, France, 22 August 1918. Albert was the scene of fighting in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 when it was largely reduced to rubble

French troops using flamethrowers to flush out Germans from their shelters, Cantigny, France, 1918. French flamethrower teams supported the attack by the American 1st Division on the village of

French field hospital near Moreuil, Picardy, France, 1918

Captured French soldiers, the Somme, France, World War I, 1917. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

German field telephonist, Somme, France, World War I, 1916. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

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