British soldiers knee-deep in mud in a trench, Winter 1915.

British soldiers knee-deep in mud in a trench, Winter 1915.

 

Quiz time:

On the rather macabre topic of British First World War losses, I thought I'd quiz you on just that:

In which year of the First World War did the British Army suffer the most casualties on the Western Front? Was it:

1914 - with the Battle of the Frontiers, the Race to the Sea and the First Battle of Ypres?

1915 - with the Second Battle of Ypres, the Second Battle of Artois and the Battle of Loos?

1916 - with the infamous Battle of the Somme?

1917 - with the Battle of Arras, the Battle of Messines, the Battle of Passchendaele and the Battle of Cambrai?

Or 1918 - with the German Spring Offensive and Allied Hundred Days Offensive?

Comment your answer below 👇 If you'd like to make it even more challenging, you can try and order the years from least to most casualties as well! I'll reveal the answer tomorrow.

(These are men from the 8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment at "Whizz-Bang Corner" near Fonquevilliers. The soldier on the left is Major Beauchamp McGrath, who was killed on the Somme on June 2, 1916, aged 43/44. The soldier on the right is Captain Paul Hammond, who died on February 25, 1916. The two remaining soldiers are unidentified)