The Somme, 11 July 1916 - Much of the province of Ulster is in mourning after the 36th (Ulster) Division suffered devastating losses British and French offensive at the Somme as part of the ‘big push’ ...

"The whistle blew, it was over the top, we kept running on. At first all went well, then the German machine-gunners opened up and killed and wounded hundreds of our boys. And then a kind of disorder ...

Almost 20,000 British soldiers were killed on the opening day of the battle 2,069 men from the 36th Ulster Division were killed at the Somme on 1 July 1916 All times are +1 hour BST Picture: Attack on ...

The carnage of the Battle of the Somme certainly daunts the imagination. In this 1985 play, Frank McGuinness scales the devastation down exponentially, focusing on a handful of soldiers from the Irish ...

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The man in charge of the Ulster Division's sector is Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Morland. Major General Edward Perceval - who commands the 12,000 strong reserve division - goes to see Morland.