Trenches [ Content Tag Results ]
Below is a list of the history pages, personal accounts, extracts and photos that have been tagged with a reference to 'Trenches'...
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1. [ history ]
Battle of the Somme
Jul - Aug 1916
During the Battle of the Somme, High wood had been taken by 7th Dragoon Guards and Deccan Horse but part had subsequently been retaken by the Germans. The division was ordered into the line on 21 July that evening. With less than twenty four hours to prepare, on 22 July 1916 the Division was ordered to attack High Wood...
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Battle of Ancre
Nov 1916
A description of the battle of Ancre in November 1916 which, for the 51st Highland Division, will be remembered as the Battle of Beaumont Hamel.
3. [ history ]
Battle of Arras
Apr 1917
The 51st Highland Division in the Battle of Arras during the First World War, April 1917
1. [ extract ]
High Wood, Capt. Ross
Extract
Description of the 2nd attack on High wood on 30th July 1916. Extract from "The Fifty First in France" by Capt. RR Ross, Gordon Highlanders, published in 1918.
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6th Seaforth, Roclincourt, Battle of Arras
9th/10th April 1917
An extract from "The Spirit of the troops is Excellent" by Derek Bird detailing the attack by the 6th Seaforth on trenches near Roclincourt during the Battle of Arras on the 9th/10th April 1917.
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Men of Black Watch in a trench, c1914
c 1914 / 15
Men of Black Watch in a trench. c 1914 / 15
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8th Royal Scots digging trenches
Autumn, 1914
8th Royal Scots at work digging trenches as Capt. G. Suttie and Major Brook observe. Circa Autumn, 1914.
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Artillery bombards German trenches, Beaumont Hamel
July 1916
British artillery bombard the German trenches immediately prior to attack, Beaumont Hamel.
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Aerial photograph, High Wood, Somme
7th September 1916
Aerial photograph looking north towards Martinpuich, showing High Wood (right) during Battle of the Somme. The trenches and scares from artillery shelling litter the landscape.
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Men of Gordons in a reserve trench
Nov 1916
Men of Gordons in a reserve trench. Bazentin-le-Petit. Somme. November 1916.
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Pack horse through mud, Beaumont Hamel
November 1916
A pack horse loaded with rubber trench boots (waiders) is led through the mud near Beaumont Hamel on the Somme battlefield, November 1916.
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Shell bursting, Beaumont Hamel
Dec 1916
Shell bursting amongst the barbed wire entanglements on the battlefield at Beaumont Hamel, December 1916
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Heavy Trench Mortar
March 1917
A British 9.5" Trench Mortar, pictured in an old German trench in Pigeon Wood, along with its crew. Gommecourt, March 1917.
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Tank with Fascine
In preparation for Battle of Cambrai, Nov 1917
British Mark IV Female Tanks at Plateau Station, November 1917, aboard flat-bed railway carriages prior to transportation to forward area before the Battle of Cambrai. Each Tank is fitted with a 'Fascine', a large bundle of brushwood used to aid the crossing of open trenches.
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Comms. Trench nr. Ribecourt
Battle of Cambrai, 20th November 1917
Men of a battalion from the 51st (Highland) Division crossing captured German communication trenches near Ribecourt on their way to the front line (Battle of Cambrai), 20 November 1917.