'Support trench used on the 1st of July 1916 as it appears today. Scene near La Boisselle', 2 September 1917

Photograph, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1917.

The chalk landscape of the rolling Somme uplands is evident in this photograph of an overgrown trench near La Boisselle. The latter village had originally been an objective for capture on 1 July 1916, but fierce German resistance meant that the ruined settlement was not captured until 5 July.

From a collection of official photographs.