Roll of Honour
2nd Lieut Sir Edward Harry Bart MACNAGHTEN 01/07/1916 S/3572 Pte George BILLINGTON 2nd Bn. 01/07/1916 S/10047 Pte Robert William BROADBENT 2nd Bn. 01/07/1916
Day: 1 July 2016
The 1st Day of the Somme
In a conference in December 1915 the allies resolved to launch a simultaneous set of attacks across all fronts in order to put Germany and her allies under maximum pressure. For the British and the French the focus of their combined attack was to be the Somme Valley. By February 1916 Haig had assented to … Read more
