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On 1 July 1916, the Lonsdale Pals Battalion went into action with thousands of other British troops and were massacred. Eight days later, the shattered and traumatised survivors were assigned to undertake another attack across no-mans-land that would inevitably lead to more deaths and injuries. They ensured that the attack failed and the entire Battalion was subsequently publicly disgraced as part of a policy to ignore the growing problem of shellshock. This humiliation was covered up for over 100 years. One Night on the Somme is the story of that massacre, the humiliation, the cover up and the eventual rehabilitation of the Battalion’s reputation under an inspirational Commanding Officer.

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Charlie Owen was a police officer for 30 years, serving in the Home Counties and Central London. Previously he has published four novels based on policing in the 1970s, and the biography of a relative who served with the White Star Line. Charlie has a passion for the history of World War One, particularly of the lives of the men and women who experienced it. He lives in Dorset with his wife and their dog, Eddie.

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