Nic Joly | Scarlett Raven OF SILENCE By the end of the first day, 19,240 British soldiers had lost their lives and the casualty figure was an overwhelming 57,470. 1st July 1916 saw the highest number of casualties suffered by the British army in a single day and it is widely acknowledged as the worst day in British military history. By the time the Battle of the Somme had ended, more than a million men from both sides had died or been injured.
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