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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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| + | ==Beaumont-Hamel : Hunter's Cemetery== | ||
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==Cambrai : Cambrai East Military Cemetery == | ==Cambrai : Cambrai East Military Cemetery == | ||
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| + | ==Hermies : British Cemetery== | ||
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| + | ==Hermies Hill : British Cemetery== | ||
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==Ovillers : Military Cemetery== | ==Ovillers : Military Cemetery== | ||
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==Thiepval : Memorial to the Missing of the Somme== | ==Thiepval : Memorial to the Missing of the Somme== | ||
Revision as of 12:27, 13 October 2008
Auchonvillers : Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery
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)
Beaumont-Hamel : Hunter's Cemetery
Cambrai : Cambrai East Military Cemetery
Doullens : Communal Cemetery
Etaples : Military Cemetery
Flesquieres Hill : British Cemetery
Fouquereuil : Sandpits British Cemetery
Guillemont Guillemont Road Cemetery
Hermies : British Cemetery
Hermies Hill : 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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