It took days for the survivors to retrieve the bodies of the 301 dead and bury them. Canada entered the Somme offensive at the end of the summer. On September 15 1916, two Canadian regiments ...

These murals deal colourfully with the topic and often use the poppy flower as an emblem of respect for the dead of the Somme but also for dead Loyalist combatants of more recent times.

The Battle started on 1 July 1916 and on that day the British army suffered its largest number of casualties ever – 19,200 dead and around ... The Battle of the Somme has been described as ...