BIOGRAPHIES have been created of two men who died at the bloodiest battle in the war, as the world remembers the 100th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme.

William Henry Harris, was 18 and lived in Frances Street prior to going off to war. He was a member of the 11th Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment, and was killed on July 5, 1916, four days into the Somme offensive.

George Goldsworth Smith, 23, lived in Ambrose Street and was killed on July 19, 1916, while serving with the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery.

To read the full biographies, to find out more or to provide information about the fallen go to http://ffhyork.weebly.com/news.html

Meanwhile, Fishergate Primary School in York is asking for help to remember local men who died in the First World War.

The school has begun researching the lives of 87 former pupils named on a memorial plaque in the porch of the school.

A spokesman said: "We are hoping that people will have memories to share with us which will allow the lives of these men to be presented in as much detail as possible."