British Defences near Somme river 1916

Maricourt South and Fargny Mill Trench Map

The meandering river Somme was patrolled using punts

Overlooking Somme near Vaux

AWM A00925 View of River Somme and Vaux 1918

Approaching Royal Dragon’s Wood from Suzanne

Royal Dragon’s Wood

Overlooking former German positions in Curlu from Vaux Wood

Vaux Wood

Escarpment overlooking the river and German defences with road from Vaux to Fargny

Shallow valley up hill to Peronne Road above Fargny

Fargny Mill – the eastern extreme of British Positions on the Western Front – 1916

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The sluice at Fargny

View of Curlu from ‘Trafford Park’ an area patrolled by British Troops

View of Frise Church from Trafford Park. The village was taken by German Troops on 28th Jan 1916 – the Kaiser’s Birthday

Frise Lock

Frise Church 2013

Ruins of Frise Church 1918

Suzanne Communal Cemetery Extension. The resting place for many British defenders of the Somme sector.

Vaux

Curlu and Somme beyond

Vaux Church

Rainbow at Fargny

Vaux

WAR CEMETERIES ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918 (Q 78623) War graves in the churchyard at Eclusier-Vaux, 8 November 1917. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205323383