By Sarah Pont – Group Retention Manager “Where is it you’re from?” “Battle” “Sorry – where?” “Battle – as in ‘The Battle of Hastings’?’” “Oh of course” This is a conversation that residents of Battle, East Sussex will be all-too familiar with… I grew up in a village in Battle and whilst I don’t claim […]
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The Battle of the Somme | 100 years on
The 1st of July 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the deadliest offensive of the First World War, the Battle of the Somme. 100,000 allied troops were sent over the top in an attempt to break the stalemate that had developed against the German line. British Troops were mown down by machine gun […]