Somme, France July 2007

Remembrance Ceremony 1st July 2007 at the Thiepval Memorial

Remembrance Ceremony 1st July 2007 at the Thiepval Memorial

Remembrance Ceremony 1st July 2007 at the Thiepval Memorial

Remembrance Ceremony 1st July 2007 at the Thiepval Memorial

Remembrance Ceremony 1st July 2007 at the Thiepval Memorial

Remembrance Ceremony 1st July 2007 at the Thiepval Memorial

Remembrance Ceremony 1st July 2007 at the Thiepval Memorial

Remembrance Ceremony 1st July 2007 at the Thiepval Memorial

Remembrance Ceremony 1st July 2007 at the Thiepval Memorial

Remembrance Ceremony 1st July 2007 at the Thiepval Memorial

Remembrance Ceremony 1st July 2007 at the Thiepval Memorial

Remembrance Ceremony 1st July 2007 at the Thiepval Memorial

Ian Paisley, Ulster's First Minister at Remembrance Ceremony 1st July 2007 at the Thiepval Memorial

Remembrance Ceremony 1st July 2007 at the Thiepval Memorial

Remembrance Ceremony 1st July 2007 at the Thiepval Memorial

Cemetery of British and French soldiers at the Thiepval Memorial

Restored British trenches in Auchonvillers, known as Ocean Villas to the Tommies

Rusted barbed wire rolls in Auchonvillers, known as Ocean Villas to the Tommies

Rusted barbed wire rolls in Auchonvillers, known as Ocean Villas to the Tommies

French cemetery in Auchonvillers

Commonwealth cemetery in Auchonvillers

Commonwealth cemetery in Auchonvillers

Memorial to the Manchester and Liverpool Pals in Montauban, the village captured by these battalions on 1st July 1916

Memorial to the Manchester and Liverpool Pals in Montauban, the village captured by these battalions on 1st July 1916

Memorial to the Manchester and Liverpool Pals in Montauban, the village captured by these battalions on 1st July 1916

Memorial to the Manchester and Liverpool Pals in Montauban, the village captured by these battalions on 1st July 1916

The Devonshire cemetery, one of the most poignant cemeteries on the Somme. The inscription says it all, many of the Devonshires who held the trench on 1st July 1916 died within minutes of attacking, they were buried in that trench... The Devonshires held this trench, the Devonshires hold it still..

The Devonshire cemetery

The grave of William Hodgson a well know poet in the Devonshire cemetery

The Devonshire cemetery

The Devonshire cemetery

The Devonshire cemetery, one of the most poignant cemeteries on the Somme. The inscription says it all, many of the Devonshires who held the trench on 1st July 1916 died within minutes of attacking, they were buried in that trench... The Devonshires held this trench, the Devonshires hold it still..

Fricourt British Cemetery

Fricourt British Cemetery

Memorial to a fallen soldier in Fricourt British Cemetery

Fricourt British Cemetery

Fricourt British Cemetery

Fricourt British Cemetery