BellBoard | |
St Peter Friday, 1 July 2016 in 2h 53 (8) 5100 Somme Surprise Major Composed by B E Whiting and Trident 1 Adrian Knights 2 Mary S Garner 3 Jed Flatters 4 Joan Garrett 5 Nigel F C Gale 6 Thomas G Scase 7 Stephen D Pettman (C) 8 Brian E Whiting First in the method by all and for the Guild. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, which started on 1/7/1916. This day was the worst day in the history of the British army, which suffered 57,470 casualties. Also remembering the other 350,000+ casualties by the end of the battle on 18/11/1916, of which nearly a quarter were fatalities. 8 people like this
| |
Copyright © 2012–24, The Ringing World. |