GERALD GLIDDON is a leading authority on First World War history and his Somme 1916 has become an indispensable reference guide for anyone wanting to understand this theatre of warfare. He has written extensively on the period, including: eight volumes of the VCs of the First World War series, The Aristocracy and the Great War, co-author with Tim Skelton of Lutyens and the Great War and editor of For Valour: Canadians and the Victoria Cross in the Great War.

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• TitleCopyrightContentsPreface to this EditionAcknowledgementsAuthor’s IntroductionSomme DiaryThe Somme: Abbeville to Zollern RedoubtAppendix I: A Note on Casualties Incurred in the Somme BattleAppendix II: Higher Command, British Expeditionary ForceAppendix III: Battles and EngagementsAppendix IV: Army DivisionsAppendix V: German Divisions Facing the British on the SommeAppendix VI: ‘Lost’ Somme CemeteriesAppendix VII: Cemeteries of the Department of the SommeAppendix VIII: Men Listed on the Thiepval MemorialGlossaryBibliography

GERALD GLIDDON is a leading authority on First World War history and his Somme 1916 has become an indispensable reference guide for anyone wanting to understand this theatre of warfare. He has written extensively on the period, including: eight volumes of the VCs of the First World War series, The Aristocracy and the Great War, co-author with Tim Skelton of Lutyens and the Great War and editor of For Valour: Canadians and the Victoria Cross in the Great War.

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• TitleCopyrightContentsPreface to this EditionAcknowledgementsAuthor’s IntroductionSomme DiaryThe Somme: Abbeville to Zollern RedoubtAppendix I: A Note on Casualties Incurred in the Somme BattleAppendix II: Higher Command, British Expeditionary ForceAppendix III: Battles and EngagementsAppendix IV: Army DivisionsAppendix V: German Divisions Facing the British on the SommeAppendix VI: ‘Lost’ Somme CemeteriesAppendix VII: Cemeteries of the Department of the SommeAppendix VIII: Men Listed on the Thiepval MemorialGlossaryBibliography

GERALD GLIDDON is a leading authority on First World War history and his Somme 1916 has become an indispensable reference guide for anyone wanting to understand this theatre of warfare. He has written extensively on the period, including: eight volumes of the VCs of the First World War series, The Aristocracy and the Great War, co-author with Tim Skelton of Lutyens and the Great War and editor of For Valour: Canadians and the Victoria Cross in the Great War.

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• TitleCopyrightContentsPreface to this EditionAcknowledgementsAuthor’s IntroductionSomme DiaryThe Somme: Abbeville to Zollern RedoubtAppendix I: A Note on Casualties Incurred in the Somme BattleAppendix II: Higher Command, British Expeditionary ForceAppendix III: Battles and EngagementsAppendix IV: Army DivisionsAppendix V: German Divisions Facing the British on the SommeAppendix VI: ‘Lost’ Somme CemeteriesAppendix VII: Cemeteries of the Department of the SommeAppendix VIII: Men Listed on the Thiepval MemorialGlossaryBibliography