Delville Wood Cemetery is home to over 5,000 graves from British and Commonwealth soldiers who died during the fighting at the Somme. The Battle of the Somme would go on to be recognised as one of ...

The battle took place in northern ... the Allies had pushed the front only seven miles. The casualties on both sides totaled more than a million men. The Somme was the muddy grave of the German ...

The battle saw more than one million men killed and wounded on all sides. Somme, one of World War ... with the British suffering almost 60,000 casualties on the first day alone.

This is the story of the first day of the Somme Offensive, 1 July 1916 - the single bloodiest day in British military history ...

Almost 2,000 soldiers from the 36th Ulster Division died on the first day of the Somme campaign. When it was withdrawn from the line, the division had won a reputation as courageous soldiers.

More than a million soldiers on both sides were killed or wounded during Battle of the Somme in 1916. Pictured here, a burial ground of Canadian soldiers who died in the battle (National Archives ...

Thousands of Australians also fought and died in the Somme, fighting for the British Empire. Vigils have been held in Northern France and the U-K ahead of the battle's Centenary. The Royal family ...

Áine Groogan said it was important to remember those who died at the Battle of the Somme Wreaths have been laid at Belfast City Hall to mark the 107th anniversary of the start of the Battle of ...