Soldiers of the Border Regiment resting in a front line trench, Thiepval Wood, August 1916

Photograph, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918) 1916.

Members of 11th (Service) Battalion The Border Regiment, also known as the 'Lonsdales', rest during a break in the Somme fighting. The Border Regiment raised 13 battalions during the war in addition to its three regular and reserve battalions.

One of 13 photographs relating to trench warfare.