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Slaughter on the Somme 1st July 1916

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Slaughter on the Somme 1st July 1916 The Complete War Diaries of the British Army's Worst Day  Martin Mace & John Grehan (South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Military, 2016; first published 2013) Softback £16.99 514 pp, including middle section of b/w photos, and six maps. Contents also include List of Battalions; List of Abbreviations; plus…


Martin Middlebrook

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Martin Middlebrook, who is so well known to members of The Western Front Association through his book ‘First Day on the Somme’ has sadly passed away, aged 91. Martin was born in 1932 to a family that had lost members in the Great War. His mother’s elder sister was in Belgium in 1914 and spent most of the war in the country under German supervision…