ONLINE: A corner of the Somme, 110 years on

Speaker: Julian Whippy
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The presentation will be live and online.

Join us as we mark the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, with a dive into one small quadrant of the battlefield that we will also be walking across later this year on the WFA Chairmans tour.

This Webinar, with Historian and Battlefield Guide Julian Whippy from Battle Honours tours, will look at some selected actions around the woods and villages of Combles, Guillemont and Ginchy from September 1916. It will compare the British plans and battlefield experiences with those of the Germans.

Ginchy Trench Map
Map of Ginchy from September 1916 (WFA TrenchMapper)
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Guillemont Village 1916 (colourised with AI)

Members wishing to participate will need to register, details of how to register will be circulated via The Western Front Association's newsletter 'Trench Lines'. If you are not a subscriber to Trench Lines please subscribe now via the box at the bottom of this page.

It is also possible to register by clicking this link: A corner of the Somme, 110 years on

The talk will be undertaken using the 'Zoom' software which is freely available. It may not be necessary to load the software to your PC / iPad etc: but we would recommend doing so if you wish to participate in this event.

9 March 2026 20:00 to 9 March 2026 21:30

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