Suddenly, for a few seconds, all seemed silent, the barrage had quietened down. I walked up and down the footboards, saying to the men, “it‘s a walk-over.” I had almost a feeling of disappointment. It was short-lived.

Lieutenant M Asquith

1st Barnsley Pals at Serre, 1 July 1916

SIGNED COPIES OF THE COLLECTOR’S EDITION OF THE SOMME NINETY YEARS ON — THE REFERENCE BOOK FOR THE ENTIRE BATTLE OF THE SOMME