SOMME - FRANCE-30th June 2016: The 100th anniversary of the Battle of The Somme in northern France. <br /> <br /> Memorial services are to be held at the Somme Memorial Site at  Thiepval and other areas around the Albert district to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme which started on the 1st July 1916 in World War I.<br /> ©Ian jones/Exclusivepix Media<br /> <br /> Pic shows: MASH valley, on the front line where 2500 British, Australian and South African soldiers  died attacking the German trenches.<br /> <br /> Photo by Ian Jones
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