A parade left Carthall last night to mark the start of events for this weekend's Road to the Somme commemoration.
By The Newsroom
Published 1st Jul 2016, 10:17 BST
Updated 1st Jul 2016, 11:21 BST
General view of poppies growing on the site of a former battlefield near the Thiepval Memorial in France which holds the names of more than 72,000 officers and men who died in the Somme before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave, ahead of a commemorative event to mark the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme on the 1st of July. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Tuesday June 14, 2016. Events across the UK and in France will commemorate the start of the battle on July 1 1916, a day that became the bloodiest in British military history with almost 20,000 dead. See PA story HERITAGE Somme. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
Representing the local men marching off to War, crowds gathered in the town to see the historical parade.
The commemoration events continue Friday and Saturday.
10.45: Anderson Park- dedication of Memorial
General view of poppies growing on the site of a former battlefield near the Thiepval Memorial in France which holds the names of more than 72,000 officers and men who died in the Somme before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave, ahead of a commemorative event to mark the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme on the 1st of July. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Tuesday June 14, 2016. Events across the UK and in France will commemorate the start of the battle on July 1 1916, a day that became the bloodiest in British military history with almost 20,000 dead. See PA story HERITAGE Somme. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
