Battles of the Somme
In July 1916, the British and French armies launched an offensive near the River Somme in northern France. The Battles of the Somme would form one of the bloodiest and most important campaigns of the First World War.
Men from every part of Britain and across the British Empire took part in the offensive, which lasted nearly five months. Both sides committed huge quantities of manpower and munitions to the struggle. When the offensive was halted in November 1916, the forces of the British Empire had suffered some 420,000 wounded, captured, or killed.
Private Edgar George Webb 8637, 2nd Bn., Royal Berkshire Regiment - killed on the same day as his brother
Corporal Albert Webb 8999, 2nd Bn., Royal Berkshire Regiment - Died on the same day as his brother
Corporal Alexander Robertson 12/220, 12th Bn., York and Lancaster Regiment - History Lecturer and Soldier Poet
Private Arthur Godfrey 15325, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Private George Skilton 12499, 6th Bn., Royal Berkshire Regiment - Enlisted in September 1914
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