The first day of the Battle of the Somme was called "the worst day in the history of the British Army", when nearly 20,000 British soldiers were killed and almost 40,000 wounded, captured or missing. What was the precise date of this day?

In anticipation of a huge attack, the British government introduced a new form of recruitment as the response from volunteers was becoming smaller and smaller. What name was given to this new system, long employed on the continent?

Many young men who signed up for the army preferred to serve in the same units as their work mates, school friends and neighbours. Thus, casualty lists often included siblings and neighbours from the same town and factory. What name was given to such formations?

The Ulster Memorial on the Somme commemorates what sort of British troops who fell in the battle between July and November 1916?

Lloyd George, newly appointed Defence Minister after the death of Lord Kitchener, had his doubts about the wisdom of the Somme offensive. Much of the blame for failure was put on the prime minister who authorised the attack. Who was this?

In September 1916 a new weapon was employed for the first time at the battle of Flers-Courcelette. Which weapon was this?

At the end of 1916 - after the end of the Battle of the Somme - German forces withdrew to a pre-prepared defensive line where they expected to receive the next British attack. What name was given to this line?

The British memorial on the Somme is especially significant. How does it compare with other British war memorials?

Which famous British architect designed the Somme memorial to British dead?

Where exactly is this British memorial?