1st Battle Squadron 1st Battle Squadron The 1st Battle Squadron was a naval squadron of the British Royal Navy consisting of battleships. The 1st Battle Squadron was initially part of the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet. After World War I the Grand Fleet was reverted to its original name, the Atlantic Fleet. The squadron changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred. As an element in the Grand Fleet, the Squadron participated in the Battle of Jutland. On 5 August 1914, the squadron was constituted as follows: During the Battle of Jutland, the composition of the 1st Battle Squadron was as follows:
The Battle of the Somme (film) in the film archive of the Imperial War Museum. In 2005 it was inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register and digitally restored, and in 2008, was released on DVD. "The Battle of the Somme" is significant as an early example of film propaganda, an historical record of the battle and as a popular source of footage illustrating the First World War. "The Battle of the Somme" is a black-and-white silent film in five parts, with sequences divided by intertitles summarising the contents. The first part shows preparations for battle behind the British front line; there are sequences of