In July 1916, Britain led an Allied offensive against German positions on the Western Front near the Somme river in France.

A commemoration event has been held at Belfast City Hall to mark the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.

Hundreds of people gathered early this morning to pay their respects to the 20,000 British soldiers who died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme - 109 years ago today. They arrived at the huge ...

The identity of two UK soldiers in Belgium are solved by the Ministry of Defence's "War Detectives". The Mark IV tank was a gift to the town when it raised a significant amount of war bonds during WW1 ...

International ceremonies are being held today to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme's final day. Around 2,000 guests will gather in the northern French village of Thiepval, which has been ...

A British soldier’s battered World War I diary recounting the bloody Battle of the Somme has been discovered in a U.K. barn. The diary, which was written in pencil by Private Arthur Edward Diggens of ...

Today marks the 110th anniversary of the start of the battle of the Somme which began on Saturday 1st July, 1916. The blood ...

Most of Newfoundland's regiment was wiped out the first day of the Allied offensive on the Somme. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to Maureen Power, a curator at the provincial museum about their legacy.

The Battle of the Somme was supposed to be the offensive to win WW1. What's the story? Read more ...

Historians pay tribute to 17 Southampton footballers involved in the Battle of the Somme 110 years ago ...

On July 1, 1916, the first shots were fired in what would become one of the bloodiest engagements in human history, the 141-day Battle of the Somme. It was nearly two years into what was then being ...

In 1916, one million men were killed or wounded in the Battle of the Somme. We hear from veterans in their own words, using BBC Archive recordings. Show more In July 1916, Britain led an Allied ...