Life in the UK test practice question · History
On 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, about how many British soldiers were killed or wounded?
Answer options
- 6,000
- 60,000Correct
- 600,000
- 2 million
Answer: 60,000
The exact count is about 57,000, and more than 19,000 of them died. No other day in British army history has been so deadly.
Checked 8 November 2026