A battalion of British Worcesters during the Battle of Somme in France, during World War 1. Soldiers fix up wire cutters to their rifles to cut barbed wires. The Battalion marching in formation along dirt path, on the way to the front.
British soldiers operate a 9.45 inch trench mortar, during the Battle of the Somme, during World War 1 in France. A mortar bomb (called a "flying pig") is loaded into the mortar. The soldiers move to a safe location in their dugout and fire the mortar.
British soldiers fire 18pdr guns from captured Germans trenches during the Battle of Somme, World War 1 in France. Field battery directing, point blank, direct fire, from behind sand bag mounds. Two horses killed while bringing up the field battery lie in a field.
British soldiers during the Battle of Somme, World War 1 in France. Shells fired at British trenches as a British soldier carries a wounded comrade on his back across a trench. Two soldiers carry a wounded soldier on a wheeled stretcher along a trench.
From "The Battle of the Somme." British Essex Regiment soldiers wash themselves up at a wayside pool in France during the Battle of the Somme. Soldiers of Seaforth Highlanders assemble for a roll call. Soldiers lined up for the roll call.
The first safety parachute is tested in France during World War I. People hold strings of an observation balloon. The balloon is raised. A man is helped into a parachute and safety gear. He climbs into the gondola of the balloon. People near the gondola. The balloon ascends. The man jumps from a height of 9,000 feet. His parachute opens and he descends towards the ground. He lands safely. People gather near him. The man poses. Men fold the parachute.