can you please look at the picture in the link below and tell me whether you think it is a British trench + Y?

Question

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Cheshire_Regiment_trench_Somme_1916.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Cheshire_Regiment_trench_Somme_1916.jpg

By the way,i know it says cheshire regiment however it may not be because I have had lots of ppl saying it isn't.Plz don't just go with what it says.

Answer 1

It is definitely a British or Commonwealth trench. The soldier in the foreground is wearing a British pattern helmet, and holding a Lee enfield bolt action rifle.

Answer 2

The picture is of a scene at the battle of The Somme in 1916. The battle of the Somme occurred between the 1st of July 1916 and the 19th of November 1916. America didn't join the war until the 6th of April 1917. The Somme was fought between the French and British on one side and the Germans on the other. The soldiers in the trench are wearing English WW1 helmets.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

While the soldier may or may not be British, the trench is. Many Americans tried to trade their guns any way they could because the guns they were sent in with had a tendency to jam with mud and explode. The uniforms look very British. The Americans were also, at first, sent in as fill-ins where British and French regiments had lost too many of their own men to fight on.

Answer 4

This is a common used photo. It is of a British Soldier and I believe that it is from 1917 and was set for the camera in a reserve trench in old Battlefield of the Somme or Ypres.
No Trench would be so lightly manned if it was in the Main Battle Line and is obviously not a front line trench as it is too developed.

Answer 5

It is fairly clearly a Lee Enfield rifle, and the epaulette badges look as if they could be the Cheshire Regiment, although I'm not an expert on this and couldn't find any images to compare. I don't really see anything to indicate that the title is incorrect when it identifies it as a Cheshire Regiment trench at the Somme.

Answer 6

Most definitely a British trench. The one soldier shown is wearing the British style puttees above the boots, the helmet is British and the rifle is a Lee Enfield short magazine .303. The equipment scattered around the trench is also British army issue of that period.

Answer 7

From the distinctive shape of the helmets and the fact that it is labelled as being the Cheshire Regiment, I'd say there wasn't much doubt about it.. At least it certainly was at the time the photo was taken.. but trenches could change hands more than once, so if you're asking "Who did the digging", I have no idea.

Answer 8

It is definitely a British trench.

If you look at the uniform of the soldier in the trench, you can tell by the helmet that he is indeed British.

Some people will claim he was an American, but they are just plain dumb; it specifically says, in the URL, that this picture was taken at the Battle of the Somme...

...In which there was over a million casualties, and was fought before America even joined the war....

Honestly, people these days...

Answer 9

Definitely a British trench, the German trenches were better constructed and in most cases were concrete lined to begin with. Also the Germans tended to occupy the higher ground and the British soldier that is on guard appears to be looking up the hill.

Answer 10

The direction of the shadow in the trench, and the direction the soldier with the gun is facing suggest the enemy is to the North/East. This would indicate that indeed it was an allied forces trench. It would be difficult to say if the trench was British owned or in French territory. I would say probably French!