Taken from the exact position in which Frank Richards stood in the doorway of Bazentin Mill. Just visible in the centre of the frame is the London Cemetery & Extension, the third largest on the Somme and which contains the graves of 3,872 men killed in the fighting in and around High Wood. 3,113 of them are unidentified.

'The enemy now turned a machine gun on us - our flag-wagging had attracted their attention. On the right of the mill a battalion of Manchesters from another division were in some shallow trenches: they had heavy casualties during the day, a number of shells bursting right amongst them. One of their captains ran across to us and asked if it was possible to get a message back to his Brigade HQ, as his men were being blown to pieces. We told him we were very sorry, but we were under orders to deal only with messages connected with our own Brigade. As we were speaking, some large shells exploded right on the parapet of the trench he had left, knocking in a big stretch of it. He then rushed back there, to look after the survivors. He was a very brave and humane man.'