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Somme 100 - Blind Veterans UK

Nov 18, 2016, 05:38 PM

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It's now 100 years since the end of the Battle of the #Somme.

During the July to November 1916 campaign British forces attempted to break through German lines along the River Somme in northern France.

To commemorate the end of the battle the London-based charity Blind Veterans UK is highlighting the story of one its longest serving members, Ian Fraser, whose life was changed irrevocably by the battle…

www.blindveterans.org.uk

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