Thank you to The Berkshire Golf Club for this commemorative flag which we will be putting out over the next few days.
The Battle of the Somme, which ran from 1 July - 18 November 1916, was one of the most difficult and costly battles of the First Worl War. It has come to represent the waste, the futility, and the tragedy of the war itself and it was felt particularly keenly at the community level -including sports clubs and teams.