Soldiers at Battle of the Somme in Trenches

Men of the Border Regiment are pictured resting, some in 'funk holes', in a front line trench at Thiepval Wood during the Battle of the Somme in August 1916. The British and French did make some progress during August 1916, so much so that the German General Erich von Falkenhayn was forced to resign after he failed to capture Verdun.

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