Two Tragic Telegrams | The Somme (Part 3)

The Somme offensive unfolds, and life upends for the Attenborough family.  

September 1916 marks another devastating chapter for the Attenborough family. As the fighting on the Somme intensifies, the war’s reach into one Midlands household becomes impossible to escape. Host and genealogist Jen Baldwin is joined by Somme specialist and Commonwealth War Commission Communications Coordinator, Harvey Henson, to examine how this heartbreaking story unfolded, from the shattered landscape of Ginchy to the first tanks that appeared at Flers-Courcelette. 

Host and researcher: Jen Baldwin 

Guest: Harvey Henson (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) 

Editor: CM87Edits 

Script editors: Niall Cullen, Daisy Goddard, and Madeleine Gilbert 

Producers: Madeleine Gilbert, Ellie Ayton, and James Plumb 

Designer: Michael McCosh 

Social media: Sarah Cornes 

Executive Producers: Helen Kaye and Steve James 

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