Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial

At the base of the Caribou Memorial, three bronze tablets carry the names of 820 members of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve, and the Mercantile Marines who died in the First World War and have no known grave. The Caribou Memorial, the emblem of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, standing atop a mound of Newfoundland granite. Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial is dedicated to the commemoration of the Newfoundland Regiment that fought in the battle of Somme and WWI in general. Most of the Newfoundland Regiment were dead within 15 to 20 minutes of leaving their trench in the morning of the 1st July 1916 during the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

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At the base of the Caribou Memorial, three bronze tablets carry the names of 820 members of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve, and the Mercantile Marines who died in the First World War and have no known grave. The Caribou Memorial, the emblem of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, standing atop a mound of Newfoundland granite. Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial is dedicated to the commemoration of the Newfoundland Regiment that fought in the battle of Somme and WWI in general. Most of the Newfoundland Regiment were dead within 15 to 20 minutes of leaving their trench in the morning of the 1st July 1916 during the first day of the Battle of the Somme.