Events 3 October 1916 British troops retake Eaucourt L'Abbaye on the Somme The Romanian Second Army takes offensive near…WebmasterOctober 3, 2016
Events 2 October 1916 Leslie Reginald Anlezark writes to his brother Fred. Les is “still in the best of…WebmasterOctober 2, 2016
Events 1 October 1916 British Summer Time ends. BST was introduced on 21 May 1916 as a temporary measure…WebmasterOctober 1, 2016
Events 30 September 1916 British troops eating dinner in a front line trench, Eaucourt l'Abbaye, October 1916, John Warwick…WebmasterSeptember 30, 2016
Events 29 September 1916 Mayor of Orange, Alderman McNeilly extols the virtues of conscription, claiming that those who fail…WebmasterSeptember 29, 2016
Events 28 September 1916 Schwaben Redoubt, William Orpen, 1917. Image courtesy Imperial War Museum © IWM (Art.IWM ART 3000).…WebmasterSeptember 28, 2016
Service Men and Women Charles Gordon Stewart Born in Orange in 1896, Charles Gordon Stewart was one of six children born to…WebmasterSeptember 27, 2016
Events 27 September 1916 Convinced that the Americans and Germans are working together against the British, Minister for War,…WebmasterSeptember 27, 2016
Events 26 September 1916 Aerial photograph of Thiepval under bombardment, September 1916. Image courtesy Imperial War Museum © IWM…WebmasterSeptember 26, 2016
Events 25 September 1916 British troops offer cigarettes to German wounded and prisoners, Battle of Morval, 25 September 1916.…WebmasterSeptember 25, 2016