The Battle of the Somme, of which 1st July was just the first, disastrous day, raged for another four months, and was vital not only in diverting German forces away from their assault on the ...

Sinn Féin Lord Mayor John Finucane lays a laurel wreath at Belfast City Hall, to mark the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme Northern Ireland Secretary of State Karen Bradley and Sinn Féin ...

Poor Angéline, it is the worst sight that a man ever wants to see." The Battle of the Somme lasted five months in 1916 and placed young men on both sides of the war in the middle of a protracted ...

Cartoons and sketches drawn by a hero Lancashire soldier during the Battle of the Somme have been found in a plastic bag at the bottom of a wardrobe. The amazing images from the First World War ...

With a tone as serious as an overdraft, he wrote: ‘Try the Battle of The Somme.’ History students will know the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest offensives of World War One ...

Beren and Lúthien has been described as a "very personal story" that the Oxford professor thought up after returning from the Battle of the Somme ... by Alan Lee, who won an Academy Award ...

The Battle of the Somme was launched on 1 July 1916. The main aim of the battle was to relieve the important northern French fortress of Verdun. This had been placed under siege by the German Army ...

Belfast, 2 July 1918 - The second anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme was solemnly marked in Belfast and across the province of Ulster. On 1 July 1916, the first day of the ...

D-Day vet was told: 'You're the assault wave, you won't be coming back' AS his landing craft made its way to Juno beach, Alan King found himself surrounded by flames . . . and the heads ...