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Nice to see some not only about July in the quiz - got 8

pretty much general knowledge on ww1 rather than specialist questions - or do i spend too much time here ?!

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Alan

1. 7.30

2. Rawlinson

3. Newfoundland

4. Pals

5. Noel Chavasse

6. Z

7. Von Lossberg

8. Delville Wood

9. 16th Irish Division

10. Prince Ruprecht

11. Beaumont Hamel

12. 7th Dragoon Guards

13. Butte de Warlencourt

14. Australia

15. Robert Graves

16. Frankfurt Trench

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Magicrat,

thanks for that, confirms me on 11!

Never even knew of question 6 I am afraid!

cheers,

Scottie.

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cheetah

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Ooh that's harsh - I've already admitted my fairly rubbish score of 10!

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Guest KevinEndon

This will save you from flicking from one page to another and back again.

1. On the 1st July 1916, at what time did the whistles blow to signal the start of the allied attack?

2. Who was the commander of the British 4th army that was formed to be the main British force at the Somme?

3. Which Dominion's forces were nearly wiped out on the first day when they suffered losses of around 90%?

4. What name was commonly given to the battalions that consisted of men from the same area or occupations which suffered very heavy losses at the

Somme?

5. Which Captain of the Royal Army Medical Corps won his first V.C for his actions in tending the wounded in the battle for Guillemont?

6. The seven days of allied bombardment that preceded the battle were each known by a letter. By what letter was the first day of the actual battle known?

7. Which specialist in defence replaced General Groener? as Chief of Staff of the German 2nd army in the early days of the battle?

8. The South African brigade were ordered to take and hold which wood at all costs and lost around three quarters of their men in doing so. It is now the site

of the South African National Monument.

9.Which unit of Irish Nationalist volunteers captured the village of Ginchy on the 9th September?

10. At the end of August which German prince was given command of a group of armies that included the 1st, 2nd and 6th armies which had all fought at the

Somme?

11. The 51st Highland Division captured which village on the 13th November. The event is commemorated by a statue of a kilted soldier in Newfoundland

Memorial Park?

12. In mid July the Indian 20th Deccan Horse regiment and which British regiment took part in the only major cavalry action of the Somme?

12. Numerous costly attempts were made to capture which ancient burial mound of bare white chalk during the latter stages of the battle?

14. Pozieres ridge was described as a site more densely sown with sacrifice from which country than any other place on earth?

15. Which author was badly wounded at the Somme? He recalled the incident in his autobiography 'Goodbye To All That'.

16. On the 18th November, the Munich trench and which other German trench, where a group of british soldiers was cut off, was the scene of the last

actions of the battle?

ANSWERS

1. 7.30 2. Rawlinson 3. Newfoundland 4. Pals 5. Noel Chavasse 6. Z 7. Von Lossberg 8. Delville Wood 9. 16th Irish Division 10. Prince Ruprecht

11. Beaumont Hamel 12. 7th Dragoon Guards 13. Butte de Warlencourt 14. Australia 15. Robert Graves 16. Frankfurt Trench.

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Yep. 7 and 16 were the ones I missed out on.

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Thanks for posting up the q's - I got 10 right :)

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Missed Von Lossberg - rest right.

I can see why he pondered over the first question .. be he thought it was a trick cos some units (whistle blowing or not) left their trenches well before 7.30am.

He must have thought he was in heaven - bet he was expecting tougher questions.

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IIRC were not the troops of 36th Ulster Division out in no man's land waiting for the whistle as were several others?

Wondered about this one myself but remembered a comment from a German Officer about why did they wait for broad daylight to attack?

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Thanks for posting questions and answers.

Got 10. But did the online true/false quiz last night so I expect I'm remembering some from that and 10 is therefore an overestimate of my real knowledge (no surprises there, I hear you say). And I only got the last one right as one of my Stockport chaps commanded the last rescue mission (and was killed in the attempt).

John

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Ooh that's harsh - I've already admitted my fairly rubbish score of 10!

10s okay mate

beat me!!

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I managed 14, but technically (and pedantically) speaking, the irish National Volunteers one's a bit iffy. The 16th Division is a formation, not a unit. If I'd been terribly clever I'd have said something like the umpteenth Royal irish regiment or similar.

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and they would have edited out your cockyness !!!

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If I'd worn shorts, God knows what they'd have edited out :lol:

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Bumping this element up again - as I missed it due to work commitments (hiss) - who was the chap/chapess (we believe in the diversity agenda here, my friends [best said in a hughie green accent] taking the questions?

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The response to this thread has been great. Thanks to all. A pub style quiz on WW1 in August somewhere on the Somme would be good for a bit of fun. What do you think?

Keep the Candle Burning.

John & Kathleen

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Wondered about this one myself but remembered a comment from a German Officer about why did they wait for broad daylight to attack?

Was the answer related to the fact that on 1st July dawn was very very early?

Norrette

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At the risk of getting into another discussion of Somme tactics, most British units did not use a true creeping barrage on 1st July.

Hadn't thought of that Mark, my understanding of this method was from the Canadians at Vimy - nearly a year later.

Norrette

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The chap taking the questions was Alistair Finch, a G.P from Cleethorpes.

His grandfather was a Lancashire coalminer from Leigh. He enlisted in 1915 at the age of 19.

The division he was in fought on the 14 th July in the battle for Bazentin - le -Grand.

He carried a piece of shrapnel in his chest for the rest of his life; although that never stopped him going straight back down the pit.

mick

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Norrette post 46,

the question was simply what time did the whistles blow for the attack and my mention of the German Officer is my way of remembering it.

Dawn during the summer is from about 4.30 to 5 am BST so I have always wondered why they didn't attack earlier; possibly because of the chance of being silhouetted against the rising sun or perhaps the Staff and the Generals didn't think that they could cope without full daylight.

Whatever, those battalions that advanced in lines in broad daylight were certainly at a severe disadvantage.

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