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Panoramic view of British troops on the Somme, 1 July 1916
photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.1952-01-33-55-8

Description

Photograph of infantry advancing to the attack, showing troops in the distance. Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). From a group of 550 photographs, compiled by Lord Henry Seymour Rawlinson while Commander in Chief in India, 1916 (c)-1919.

Campaigns

World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)

Units

Infantry

People

Unknown

Associated collection
Unknown
British wounded at an advanced dressing station behind the Somme front, 1916
Unknown
Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916
Dauphin, Louis Etienne
Unknown
‘Tank’, ‘Somme Septembre 1916’.
Width: 340 mm
Text: 245 mm
Burial service near Maricourt, 11 August 1916
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl
Illustrated London News
St Helier Lander, John
General Sir Douglas Haig
Turner, Alfred
Medal commemorating the services of South African troops, 1918 (c)
Caesar, John Hildebrand
German trench map of the area north of Bray-sur-Somme, 24 July 1916
Width: 102 cm
Length: 84 cm
Text: 1:25 000
Britannia (mythical character)
William Henry Ellen, (-1916)
Edward Carter Preston, (07/07/1885 - 02/03/1965)
Commemorative medallion issued to next of kin of Private William Henry Ellen, 1st Battalion, The Auckland Regiment
Text: 5 aprx
Diameter: 120 mm
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