The Trench

Sgt. Telford Winter:
Ya got Jocks to the left of you, Micks to the right. Thats all you need to know for now.

Pte. Horace Beckwith:
How'd I look, Sarge?

Sgt. Telford Winter:
Like the ace of spades, Beckwith.

Title Card:
In the high summer of 1916, in Northern France, the British Army prepared for the biggest offensive of the First World War. As hundreds of thousands of troops massed in the rear, waiting for the order to attack, a reduced force was put in place to hold the front line trenches.

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Title Card:
On the 1st July 1916 - the first day of the Battle of Somme - 60,000 soldiers were killed or wounded, most of those in the first two hours of the attack. It remains the bloodiest day of slaughter in the history of the British Army.

Pte. Charlie Ambrose:
[in a mocking whine] You can tell your grandchildren, I was wounded by a flyin' tooth. [everyone laughs]