The Great War

For Gawd's Sake Don't Send Me (1x12)

: 15, 1964

Following Lord Kitchener's appeal in 1916, the British Army was reinforced by over two million volunteers. Despite the reservations of General Sir Douglas Haig, the new Commander-in-Chief, many of these mew recruits were sent to the scene of Britain's biggest military endeavour – the Battle of the Somme.