Fifty years after the Battle of the Somme, Dr Charles Dickson MC returned for a television documentary. This extract is a reminder of the horror of the battlefield as Charles Dickson reflects on the courage of those who had to clean up the carnage.

Broadcast on the 17 November 1966 the RTÉ Guide listing for 'And in the Morning' read,

"Fifty years ago tomorrow, the long drawn-out agony of the battle of the Somme was ending. It had been the greatest battle the world had ever seen, and among more than one million casualties, 5,000 irish men were killed. Dr. Charles Dickson, M.C., was one of those who survived. An RTÉ film crew revisited the battlefield with him this year to tell the story of the Irish at the Somme and to ask why they were there."

(RTÉ Guide November 11, 1966 Vol. 3 No. 46 p24)

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