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How many men were killed as a direct result of the attack on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916 ?

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How many men were killed as a direct result of the attack on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916 ?

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190 were killed and 337 wounded on the 1st July 1916. To this total one should add that 10 died during the following week and a further 24 who died in the Becourt area during the weeks prior to the tragic assault.