THE SOMME BATTLEFIELDS

In 1999, I paid a visit to the Somme Battlefields in Northern France during which I was
able to take many photographs of sites connected with the Battle of the Somme both
on the ground and from the air.
An account of my trip can be seen at  A VISIT TO THE SOMME. 
 

The crater formed by the mine exploded at the start of the Somme offensive

The Thiepville monument that records the names of all those
who died on the Somme for whom there is no known grave.

A trench scene re-created in the rear garden of the Cafe Tommy in Pozieres, a small
village on the road from Bapaum to Amiens, very close to what was the front line.

German helmets at Cafe Tommy

A Chateau in the village of Bertangles near Amiens, where the RFC was based for
much of the battle of the Somme. The chateau was unbelievably owned and occupied
 by a Fraulein!, who also had a flock of Pigeons, a capital offence at the time!
Grandfather had to defuse a difficult situation with the Fraulein when it was found
 that many of the pigeons were finding their way onto the RFC dinner plates!  
 

An aerial view of the site of the start of the first tank battle on the Somme.
Opposite is the site of a fierce battle for a windmill by the Australians.  

High Wood, the scene of many months of horrific fighting,
with a British cemetery on the left.

A large British cemetery at Wariencourt-Eaucourt on the 
main road  D929) from Bapaum to Albert