WW1Statistics @WW1Statistics
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33.67% of British troops mobilised were killed/wounded
German machine for digging trenches, 8 January 1918
The free buffet at Euston Station, Christmas 1917 #WW1
The success on the first day of the Battle of Cambrai resulted in the ringing of church bells across Britain #WW1
Along most of the Western Front the Allied troops were looking directly into the sunrise during the morning 'Stand To' #WW1
Haig suffered from toothache. Consequently the army quickly hired a dozen dentists & by the end of the war there were 831 at the front #WW1
One in five of the Australians and New Zealanders who left their country to fight in the war never returned; 80,000 in total #ww1centenary
During WW1 the Tower of London moat wasn't filled with poppies but vegetables!
The oldest soldier to die during the Battle of the Somme was Lt Henry Webber 7th South Lancashire aged 68. Buried Dartmoor Cemetery #Somme
Helmet worn by Private William Short, who died during the Battle of the Somme and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.
Brodie Helmets were issued to British soldiers during early 1916 and were used for the first time on the opening day of the Somme offensive.
#Somme Many shells fired in the preliminary bombardment were duds & failed to explode, particularly high explosive shells.
In the preliminary artillery bombardment for the Battle of the Somme British artillery fired 1.73 million shells on the Germans lines
Other than the Rivers #Somme & Ancre, & a small stream between Vadencourt & Contay, there was no surface water near or on the battlefield
Until the #Somme the largest bombardment fired by the British Army had been in the Battle of Loos in September 1915.
26Apr1916: #Somme 18th Div carry out successful raid north of Carnoy. 10 enemy killed or taken prisoner.
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