From the archives: The Great War drags on, 1915 - 1916

By Tom Lowe2023-06-30T06:00:00

The Builder reports on mounting casualities as the war’s impact on Britain - and its construction industry - becomes clear

In our second archives piece on the First World War, we bring you The Builder’s coverage as the conflict on the Western Front becomes into a bloody stalemate. Below are a series of articles including some obituaries of young men who had links to the construction industry. These are taken just from July 1916, the first month of the Battle of the Somme, which would eventually leave nearly 100,000 British soldiers dead.

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