Uncovering the story of the Somme
by Derek JohnsonThe second of our reports on the Battle of the Somme in the First World War. Derek Johnson joined a team of archaeologists who are unearthing intriguing details about the trench warfare.
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Somme gives up its secrets
by Derek Johnson
Archaeologists from the South are leading a project in France to excavate a network of World War One tunnels.
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Memories of The Somme
Thousands of soldiers died in The Somme and their bodies were never found. A new exhibition commemorating the lives of some of those missing men, including some from the South, has opened in France. Relatives crossed the Channel for the opening, Derek Johnson reports.
For more on Derek's visit, read Memories of the Somme here. You can also find out more about the exhibition at www.historial.org. Derek Johnson was speaking to Brian Ledger, Frederick Hadley, Karen Nesbitt and Sarah Duncan.
Fallen Heroes
by Derek Johnson
A new exhibition in France features soldiers from the South lost to the mud of The Somme in World War One
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