Image Gallery
Staffordshire on the Somme, 1916
To mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, here is a selection of images from our collection connected with this momentous battle. For more about Staffordshire and the war go to The Great War Staffordshire website.
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Aerial photograph of German and British trenches at Gommecourt
From the collection of Major Francis Meynell, this photograph shows the area attacked by the 46th (North Midland) Division as a diversion on the first day of the battle.
Trench Map showing the Somme Battlefield around the town of Albert
From the collection of Walter Norris Congreve, who commanded the 13th Corps in this part of the battlefield.
Portrait of Lance Corporal John Henry Turner, Royal Engineers
Turner came from Burslem and recorded his experiences of the battle (and the rest of World War One) in his diary.
Guidebook to the Somme Battlefield, 1923
Published shortly after the war, this guidebook took visitors around the shattered battlefield and the ruined towns and villages across it.