French pay tribute to hero British soldiers who died at Battle of the Somme
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mirror.co.ukFrench villagers paid a poignant tribute today to the 20,000 British soldiers who died in the first hours of the Battle of the Somme.
They were adamant it must go ahead, despite the coronavirus crisis, 104 years after the men died on the British Army’s bloodiest ever day.
Because of social distancing, only a few could honour those who gave their lives on July 1, 1916, as the First World War raged.
At 7.28am, the moment battle began, a French bagpiper walked around the huge Lochnagar crater in pouring rain playing “The Battle of the Somme”.
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