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24 Hours on the Somme My Experiences of the First Day of the Somme 1 July 1916

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24 Hours on the Somme My Experiences of the First Day of the Somme 1 July 1916 Synopsis

There are many accounts of the Battle of the Somme by surviving British soldiers. But the Somme was not a single battle but a series of offensives and small localised attacks fought over four and a half months. What is etched into the British psyche is the huge loss of life suffered by the 'poor bloody infantry' on the first day of the Somme, 1 July 1916. The carnage was such that few survived to tell the tale of that first horrific day and the existing published memoirs are about later in the Battle or by non-infantry troops who while involved in the offensive, didn't actually go 'over the top'. What is also unique about Edward Liveing's vivid and detailed account is that it begins the evening before the attack and ends close to 24 hours later and is entirely focussed on the first day of the Somme. A young junior officer in the London Regiment on the battlefield that infamous day, he was in command of a platoon of about fifty men, when he scaled the crest of his trench into no-mans land.

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ISBN: 9781445655451
Publication date: 12th May 2016
Author: Edward G.D. Liveing
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 96 pages
Primary Genre History
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