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On July 1, 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme in World War I, 801 soldiers of the 1st Newfoundland Regiment rose from the British trenches and went into battle at Beaumont-Hamel, nine kilometers north of Albert in France. After only 30 minutes the regiment was devastated. Only 68 men stood to answer the regimental roll call the next morning. 255 were dead, 386 were wounded, and 91 were listed as missing in action and presumed dead. Every officer who had gone over the top was either wounded or dead. The Caribou memorial overlooks the ground across which the regiment advanced. (Source: Wikipedia) | On July 1, 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme in World War I, 801 soldiers of the 1st Newfoundland Regiment rose from the British trenches and went into battle at Beaumont-Hamel, nine kilometers north of Albert in France. After only 30 minutes the regiment was devastated. Only 68 men stood to answer the regimental roll call the next morning. 255 were dead, 386 were wounded, and 91 were listed as missing in action and presumed dead. Every officer who had gone over the top was either wounded or dead. The Caribou memorial overlooks the ground across which the regiment advanced. (Source: Wikipedia) | ||
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| + | <td>[[Image:Etaples Military Cemetary-France.jpg|thumb|150px|Submitted by Chrissie Smiff]]</td> | ||
| + | <td>[[Image:Etaples Military Cemetary 2-France.jpg|thumb|150px|Submitted by Chrissie Smiff]]</td> | ||
| + | <td>[[Image:Etaples Military Cemetary 3-France.jpg|thumb|150px|Submitted by Chrissie Smiff]]</td> | ||
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==Fouquereuil : Sandpits British Cemetery== | ==Fouquereuil : Sandpits British Cemetery== | ||
Revision as of 08:48, 13 October 2008
Beaumont Hamel
On July 1, 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme in World War I, 801 soldiers of the 1st Newfoundland Regiment rose from the British trenches and went into battle at Beaumont-Hamel, nine kilometers north of Albert in France. After only 30 minutes the regiment was devastated. Only 68 men stood to answer the regimental roll call the next morning. 255 were dead, 386 were wounded, and 91 were listed as missing in action and presumed dead. Every officer who had gone over the top was either wounded or dead. The Caribou memorial overlooks the ground across which the regiment advanced. (Source: Wikipedia)
Etaples : Military Cemetery
Fouquereuil : Sandpits British Cemetery
Ovillers : Military Cemetery
Thiepval : Memorial to the Missing of the Somme
Thiepval : The Ulster Tower
Vimy Ridge : Canadian Memorial
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