posted on 2024-05-09, 09:49authored byFirst World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team
General De Lisle on horseback finishes addressing troops drawn up on three sides of a square in open country and rides off. Troops are West Riding Field Company, Royal Engineers (a Territorial unit)" If this was filmed on the 29th June with them are the 1st Lancashire Fusiliers (86th Brigade).
History
Identifier
1842.mpg | CXTIWMFILMvsom3.mpg
Subject
Allied Forces | Casualties of War | Fighting Men | Military Punishment | Somme
Creator
War Office
Date
28th - 29th June 1916
Date Created
28/06/1916
Temporal Date
29/06/1916
Spatial
Somme
Source
VHS copy of original film
Medium
VHS copy of original film
Type
Footage
Contributor
Everett Sharp
Rights
The Imperial War Museum
Collection ID
The Battle of the Somme, Part 1, Caption 10
Repository Name
Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Repository Address
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ, UK