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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 in...
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 supervisi...
'Who killed Captain Duncan Martin? 20th Brigade on the First Day of the Somme' by Ross Beadle
Caption: View from the German lines across No Man's Land About the talk: The traumatic story of Devonshire’s attack on Mansell Copse on 1st July 1916 seems to exemplify the tragedy and failure of that day. It also includes the curious tale of Capt. Duncan Martin of A Company 9th Devons who before the battle made a 3D plasticine model to highlig...