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Commemorations are being held in the UK and France to mark the centenary of the start of the Battle of the Somme.

Nearly 20,000 British soldiers died on the first day - the biggest loss of life on a single day in British military history.

Courtesty of the 麻豆社's archives and those of the Imperial War Museum, here are some of the memories of those who survived one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War.

This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on July 1 2016.