somme over the top

[scottyi]

Presented in a glorious 3 frames per second

[davidmurray]

This is actually a scene from "My boy Jack", depicting the Irish Guards taking part in a attack during the second day of the battle of Loos. The officer, played by Daniel Radcliffe, is John Kipling, the only son of the author Rudyard Kipling. John Kipling was killed in this action, and his body was never identified; though in 1992 researchers determined that the body of an unidentified Irish Guards officer in the Saint Mary's Dressing Station cemetery may be the remains of John Kipling. The death of his only son devastated Kipling; he felt enormous guilt over the influence he used to get his son into the Army when John's poor eyesight should have made him unfit for service. Kipling and his wife spent the rest of their lives trying first to discover their son's fate, and then to try and locate his remains, tragically they never succeeded in either endeavor.

[magentuspriest]

The comment section:
50% Harry Potter jokes
50% saying this isn't the Somme

[trallicus]

Expecto Patronum?
More like Expect a machine gun.

[johnny]

16 year old in 2020: lockdown is literally ruining my life.

16 year olds in 1916:

[petelowson]

My grandad was at The Somme and went over the top. He told me that the two guys immediately to the left and right of him were shot straight away but somehow he survived that and the hand to hand combat. He was deafened eventually and sent back home but ended up in Cologne as art of the army of occupation at the end of the war. He was mentally traumatised though and my dad told me would often cry for no obvious reason. He died in 1994 three days short of his 100th birthday

[aidanotero]

they must be really hurting for troops when they draft Harry Potter.

[TheMatrixMonkes]

even the officers didnt want to see their men die but they had no choice. Truly a sad and brave sacrifice. RIP to all the brave young men who died in combat and to those who survived.

[MrShaneVicious]

This is not at the Somme, this was set at the Battle of Loos in late Sept. 1915
.. A waste of British lives as the Somme was, but on a smaller scale.

[oliski]

100 Years ago today.
RIP All soldiers who died for King and Country.

[anthonystorey]

The way our country and its former wealth and resources are being given away on a daily basis these Men should have remained home and gone fishing instead of letting the flame held within their patriotic hearts to be snuffed out so shamefully! Heroes every one .

[brrr]

Heartbreaking scene, RIP those brave souls who actually went over the top all those years ago.

[tankmanmatt]

To think my great granfarther was sent into that wall of bullets for 4 years and not a single injury. I think that was luck

[Zlord]

They are the true heroes. Respect from an Indian guy whose fore father fought in the indian British army first World War and second war

[Labyrinthian-]

By 1916, all British army personal wore helmets. 

[goldenhitman]

Those poor men, that last minute must have seemed like an eternity before they went over the top, that horrible wait while their minds ran riot thinking of what might happen in the next few minutes.
I had a relative that fought at the Somme, he was one of the few lucky ones that made it home but was horribly effected by shell shock afterwards, apparently even the sound of a thunderstorm was enough to trigger his memories. R.I.P to all those who gave their lives for their country.

[thewildcolonialboy]

This scene is from my favorite Harry Potter book: Harry Potter and the Trench of Doom.

[chlar]

What the hell is Harry potter doing in WW1 trench?

[nc]

Harry couldn't use any deflection spells?

[buskingkarma]

I honestly can't believe my granddad survived this, and died at the great age of 98! Bless him, he never mentioned the ugly side of it, and only really ever spoke fondly of the friends he served with. He was a lovely man and I loved him dearly as a kid, he always seemed to look for the good in poeple.