Photograph - 'La Boiselle'; France; Sergeant John Lord; World War I; 1916-1917; Black and white photographic print which depicts the largely destroyed landscape surrounding the village of La Boiselle. La Boiselle was on the frontline when the Battle of the Somme began on July 1st 1916; and after heavy fighting; came to be in Allied hands by the 4th of July. It was nearby La Boiselle on the morning of July 1st 1916 that the British detonated a number of mines underneath