Somme

First World War diaries which recount first days of the Battle of the Somme go up for auction

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First World War diaries of two soldiers serving on the Western Front which include chilling entries recounting the first days of the Battle of the Somme go up for auction Gunner H Belshaw and Captain John Oliver Mark Ashley wrote the journals They begin on April 1, 1916, and end with the conflict on November … Read more

Personal belongings of an 18 year old soldier killed in the Somme found 90 years later 

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Personal belongings of an 18-year-old soldier killed in the Somme stored in a suitcase and hidden in an attic by his grieving mother who couldn’t bear to look at them are found 90 years later Private Ted Amborse was gravely wounded in the head, arm and leg in 1916 He was rushed to hospital in … Read more