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Number of British military deaths in the Somme department, France during the First World War 1915-1918

Period	Number of deaths
Allied offensive: Aug 08, 1918 - Sep. 29, 1918	25,040
Trench holding and minor operations: May 01, 1918 - Aug. 07, 1918	6,532
German offensive: Mar. 21, 1918 - Apr. 30, 1918	25,104
Winter, German retirement and trench holding: Nov. 21, 1916 - Mar. 20, 1918	16,766
First Battle of the Somme: Jul. 01, 1916 - Nov. 20, 1916	127,751
Trench holding: Jul. 07, 1915 - Jun. 30, 1916	5,314

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2007

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France

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1915 to 1918

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Fatality estimates may differ from other statistics on the platform due to differing sources and methodologies.

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In the context of the First World War, the Somme department of France is most synonymous with the Somme Offensive of 1916, which lasted for almost five months and was one of the costliest battles in history. Over 206 thousand British soldiers died in the Somme department between 1915 and 1918; 128 thousand (62 percent) of which were during the Somme Offensive between July and November 1916. British forces moved into the area one year before the First Battle of the Somme, and had a continuous presence throughout the rest of the war. Fighting was sporadic and much smaller in scale outside of the main offensive, although the conflict did intensify during the German Spring offensive in 1918, and then the final Hundred Days Offensive which began in August that year.