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  • Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I
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  • The names of 333 of the missing engraved in the chapel of  Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I
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  • Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I
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  • In the chapel of Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I
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  • The american flag at the chapel of  Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I
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  • Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I
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  • Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I
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  • The names of 333 of the missing engraved on the wall of the chapel of Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I
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  • Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I
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  • Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I
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  • In the chapel of Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I<br />
On the wall engraved the names of 333 of the missing.
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  • The names of 333 of the missing engraved on the wall of the chapel of  Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I
    101108_180.jpg
  • Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I
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  • Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I
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  • Crosses at the Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I
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  • Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I
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  • Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I
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  • Inside the chapel of Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I
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  • Inside the chapel of Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I
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  • Sign to Somme American Cemetery and Memorial located in Bony, Aisne, Picardy, France. It contains the graves of 1,844 of the United States' military dead from World War I
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  • The grave of Jean du Bos at the Chapel of Remembrance (Chapelle des Souvenirs ) in Rancourt, Picardy build by the dy Bos family as a commemoration to their son Jean and his comrades who were killed there in September 1916. The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
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  • Wall engravings with the names of the dead at the  Chapel of Remembrance (Chapelle des Souvenirs ) in Rancourt, Picardy build by the dy Bos family as a commemoration to their son Jean and his comrades who were killed there in September 1916. The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
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  • The stained glass of the Chapel of Remembrance (Chapelle des Souvenirs ) in Rancourt, Picardy build by the dy Bos family as a commemoration to their son Jean and his comrades who were killed there in September 1916. The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
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  • The stained glass of the Chapel of Remembrance (Chapelle des Souvenirs ) in Rancourt, Picardy build by the dy Bos family as a commemoration to their son Jean and his comrades who were killed there in September 1916. The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
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  • Memorial at the Chapel of Remembrance (Chapelle des Souvenirs ) in Rancourt, Picardy build by the dy Bos family as a commemoration to their son Jean and his comrades who were killed there in September 1916. The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
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  • Wall engravings with the names of the dead at the Chapel of Remembrance (Chapelle des Souvenirs ) in Rancourt, Picardy build by the dy Bos family as a commemoration to their son Jean and his comrades who were killed there in September 1916. The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
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  • Wall engravings at the Chapel of Remembrance (Chapelle des Souvenirs ) in Rancourt, Picardy build by the dy Bos family as a commemoration to their son Jean and his comrades who were killed there in September 1916. The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
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  • The Chapel of Remembrance (Chapelle des Souvenirs ) in Rancourt, Picardy build by the dy Bos family as a commemoration to their son Jean and his comrades who were killed there in September 1916. The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
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  • Memorial at the Chapel of Remembrance (Chapelle des Souvenirs ) in Rancourt, Picardy build by the dy Bos family as a commemoration to their son Jean and his comrades who were killed there in September 1916. The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
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  • Memorial at the  Chapel of Remembrance (Chapelle des Souvenirs ) in Rancourt, Picardy build by the dy Bos family as a commemoration to their son Jean and his comrades who were killed there in September 1916. The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
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  • Wall engravings with the names of the dead at the Chapel of Remembrance (Chapelle des Souvenirs ) in Rancourt, Picardy build by the dy Bos family as a commemoration to their son Jean and his comrades who were killed there in September 1916. The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
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  • The Chapel of Remembrance (Chapelle des Souvenirs ) in Rancourt, Picardy build by the dy Bos family as a commemoration to their son and his comrades who were killed there in September 1916. The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
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  • The Chapel of Remembrance (Chapelle des Souvenirs ) in Rancourt, Picardy build by the dy Bos family as a commemoration to their son Jean and his comrades who were killed there in September 1916. The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
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  • Wall engravings at the Chapel of Remembrance (Chapelle des Souvenirs ) in Rancourt, Picardy build by the dy Bos family as a commemoration to their son Jean and his comrades who were killed there in September 1916. The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
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  • Bellicourt American Monument that commemorates the achievements and sacrifices of the 90,000 American troops who served in battle with the British Armies in France during 1917 and 1918. Bellicourt, Picardy, France.
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  • An orientation table at the Bellicourt American Monument that commemorates the achievements and sacrifices of the 90,000 American troops who served in battle with the British Armies in France during 1917 and 1918. Bellicourt, Picardy, France.
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  • An engraved map at the Bellicourt American Monument illustrating the American operations.<br />
Bellicourt American Monument that commemorates the achievements and sacrifices of the 90,000 American troops who served in battle with the British Armies in France during 1917 and 1918. Bellicourt, Picardy, France.
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  • An engraved map at the Bellicourt American Monument illustrating the American operations. <br />
Bellicourt American Monument that commemorates the achievements and sacrifices of the 90,000 American troops who served in battle with the British Armies in France during 1917 and 1918. Bellicourt, Picardy, France.
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  • Bellicourt American Monument that commemorates the achievements and sacrifices of the 90,000 American troops who served in battle with the British Armies in France during 1917 and 1918. Bellicourt, Picardy, France.
    101108_133.jpg
  • Bellicourt American Monument that commemorates the achievements and sacrifices of the 90,000 American troops who served in battle with the British Armies in France during 1917 and 1918. Bellicourt, Picardy, France.
    101108_157.jpg
  • Bellicourt American Monument that commemorates the achievements and sacrifices of the 90,000 American troops who served in battle with the British Armies in France during 1917 and 1918. Bellicourt, Picardy, France.
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  • Bellicourt American Monument that commemorates the achievements and sacrifices of the 90,000 American troops who served in battle with the British Armies in France during 1917 and 1918. Bellicourt, Picardy, France.
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  • List of world war one American Cemeteries
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  • British WWI Cemetery
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  • The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
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  • The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
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  • The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
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  • The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
    101108_415.jpg
  • The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
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  • The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
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  • The Pozières British Cemetery is enclosed by the Pozières Memorial to the Missing. The cemetery contains the original burials of 1916, 1917 and 1918 carried out by fighting units. There are in total 2,760 Commonwealth servicemen buried here. The memorial  commemorates over 14,000 casualties of the British Army that died on the Somme at the time of the German "Spring Offensive"  between March and August 1918 and have no known grave. The cemetery and memorial were designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw and it was unveiled in August 1930
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  • Australian flags mark the spot where thousands of Australians were killed and wounded whilst attempting to capture the old windmill that the German army converted to a fortified machine-gun post. Four Australian divisions fought from the 23rd of July to the 5th of September 1916. The Battle of ‪Pozières‬ was a two week struggle (23 July – 7 August 1916) by British and Australian divisions for the capture of the village of Pozieres during  the 1916 battle of the Somme.
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  • The ‪Museum of the Great War‬ (Historial de la Grande Guerre) in ‪Péronne‬, France
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  • What has remained from the "Gibraltar Blockhouse" at the western end of Pozières village. The original structure was three meters high, but subsequent shelling destroyed most of it. Today what remains to be seen is parts of the basement. The Battle of ‪Pozières‬ was a two week struggle (23 July – 7 August 1916) by British and Australian divisions for the capture of the village of Pozieres during  the 1916 battle of the Somme.
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  • A shelled wall of Péronne Château that houses the ‪Museum of the Great War‬ (Historial de la Grande Guerre) in ‪Péronne‬, France
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  • The ‪Museum of the Great War‬ (Historial de la Grande Guerre) in ‪Péronne‬, France
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  • The ‪Museum of the Great War‬ (Historial de la Grande Guerre) in ‪Péronne‬, France
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  • The ‪Museum of the Great War‬ (Historial de la Grande Guerre) in ‪Péronne‬, France
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  • Fields near Pozieres, France in a dark November day. The Battle of ‪Pozières‬ was a two week struggle (23 July – 7 August 1916) by British and Australian divisions for the capture of the village of Pozieres during  the 1916 battle of the Somme.
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  • The Pozières British Cemetery is enclosed by the Pozières Memorial to the Missing. The cemetery contains the original burials of 1916, 1917 and 1918 carried out by fighting units. There are in total 2,760 Commonwealth servicemen buried here. The memorial  commemorates over 14,000 casualties of the British Army that died on the Somme at the time of the German "Spring Offensive"  between March and August 1918 and have no known grave. The cemetery and memorial were designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw and it was unveiled in August 1930
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  • Memorial to Northumberland Fusiliers . The Pozières British Cemetery is enclosed by the Pozières Memorial to the Missing. The cemetery contains the original burials of 1916, 1917 and 1918 carried out by fighting units. There are in total 2,760 Commonwealth servicemen buried here. The memorial  commemorates over 14,000 casualties of the British Army that died on the Somme at the time of the German "Spring Offensive"  between March and August 1918 and have no known grave. The cemetery and memorial were designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw and it was unveiled in August 1930
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  • The Pozières British Cemetery is enclosed by the Pozières Memorial to the Missing. The cemetery contains the original burials of 1916, 1917 and 1918 carried out by fighting units. There are in total 2,760 Commonwealth servicemen buried here. The memorial  commemorates over 14,000 casualties of the British Army that died on the Somme at the time of the German "Spring Offensive"  between March and August 1918 and have no known grave. The cemetery and memorial were designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw and it was unveiled in August 1930
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  • The Pozières British Cemetery is enclosed by the Pozières Memorial to the Missing. The cemetery contains the original burials of 1916, 1917 and 1918 carried out by fighting units. There are in total 2,760 Commonwealth servicemen buried here. The memorial  commemorates over 14,000 casualties of the British Army that died on the Somme at the time of the German "Spring Offensive"  between March and August 1918 and have no known grave. The cemetery and memorial were designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw and it was unveiled in August 1930
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  • The First Australian Division Memorial . The memorial commemorates the men of the First Australian Division who fought in France and Belgium in 1916, 1917 and 1918. On the bronze tablet is a list of battles fought by the 1st Australian Division.  The Battle of ‪Pozières‬ was a two week struggle (23 July – 7 August 1916) by British and Australian divisions for the capture of the village of Pozieres during  the 1916 battle of the Somme.
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  • A Ross Bastiaan bronze plaque commemorating the 6.300 dead Australian soldiers died in a month in their attempt to capture the fortified German position in Mouquet Farm (Moo-Cow Farm). The Battle of Mouquet Farm, which began on 5 August 1916, was part of the Battle of the Somme and followed the Battle of Pozières.
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  • Fields in Pozieres, France. Almost 100 years later the marks of WWI trenches are still visible. The Battle of ‪Pozières‬ was a two week struggle (23 July – 7 August 1916) by British and Australian divisions for the capture of the village of Pozieres during  the 1916 battle of the Somme.
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  • Australian flags mark the spot where thousands of Australians were killed and wounded whilst attempting to capture the old windmill that the German army converted to a fortified machine-gun post. Four Australian divisions fought from the 23rd of July to the 5th of September 1916. The Battle of ‪Pozières‬ was a two week struggle (23 July – 7 August 1916) by British and Australian divisions for the capture of the village of Pozieres during  the 1916 battle of the Somme.
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  • Australian flags mark the spot where thousands of Australians were killed and wounded whilst attempting to capture the old windmill that the German army converted to a fortified machine-gun post. Four Australian divisions fought from the 23rd of July to the 5th of September 1916. The Battle of ‪Pozières‬ was a two week struggle (23 July – 7 August 1916) by British and Australian divisions for the capture of the village of Pozieres during  the 1916 battle of the Somme.
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  • The Australian Memorial at Pozieres Mill where four Australian divisions fought from the 23rd of July to the 5th of September 1916. <br />
The Battle of ‪Pozières‬ was a two week struggle (23 July – 7 August 1916) by British and Australian divisions for the capture of the village of Pozieres during  the 1916 battle of the Somme. <br />
The memorial was sculpted by Ross Bastiaan
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  • The Pozières British Cemetery is enclosed by the Pozières Memorial to the Missing. The cemetery contains the original burials of 1916, 1917 and 1918 carried out by fighting units. There are in total 2,760 Commonwealth servicemen buried here. The memorial  commemorates over 14,000 casualties of the British Army that died on the Somme at the time of the German "Spring Offensive"  between March and August 1918 and have no known grave. The cemetery and memorial were designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw and it was unveiled in August 1930
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  • The information panels near First Australian Division Memorial  the that explain the sites, on the back under the trees  is the "Gibraltar Blockhouse"  The Battle of ‪Pozières‬ was a two week struggle (23 July – 7 August 1916) by British and Australian divisions for the capture of the village of Pozieres during  the 1916 battle of the Somme.
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  • The ‪Tank Memorial at Pozieres‬. It was from this point on the 5th September 1916 that three tanks set off on the first day they were ever used as a weapon of war<br />
The Battle of ‪Pozières‬ was a two week struggle (23 July – 7 August 1916) by British and Australian divisions for the capture of the village of Pozieres during  the 1916 battle of the Somme.
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  • The ‪Museum of the Great War‬ (Historial de la Grande Guerre) in ‪Péronne‬, France
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  • A sign showing where the front line was on the 1st of July 1916 <br />
The Battle of ‪Pozières‬ was a two week struggle (23 July – 7 August 1916) by British and Australian divisions for the capture of the village of Pozieres during  the 1916 battle of the Somme.
    101109_350.jpg
  • The Pozières British Cemetery is enclosed by the Pozières Memorial to the Missing. The cemetery contains the original burials of 1916, 1917 and 1918 carried out by fighting units. There are in total 2,760 Commonwealth servicemen buried here. The memorial  commemorates over 14,000 casualties of the British Army that died on the Somme at the time of the German "Spring Offensive"  between March and August 1918 and have no known grave. The cemetery and memorial were designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw and it was unveiled in August 1930
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  • Visitors near the First Australian Division Memorial in Pozières looking at the information panels that explain the sites, on the back under the trees  is the "Gibraltar Blockhouse" and the viewing platform with great views over the WWI battlefields. The Battle of ‪Pozières‬ was a two week struggle (23 July – 7 August 1916) by British and Australian divisions for the capture of the village of Pozieres during  the 1916 battle of the Somme.
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  • The ‪Museum of the Great War‬ (Historial de la Grande Guerre) in ‪Péronne‬, France
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  • The ‪Museum of the Great War‬ (Historial de la Grande Guerre) in ‪Péronne‬, France
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  • French WWI uniforms at the ‪Museum of the Great War‬ (Historial de la Grande Guerre) in ‪Péronne‬, France
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  • German toiletries from world war one in the ‪Museum of the Great War‬ (Historial de la Grande Guerre) in ‪Péronne‬, France
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  • The ‪Museum of the Great War‬ (Historial de la Grande Guerre) in ‪Péronne‬, France
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  • The Pozières British Cemetery is enclosed by the Pozières Memorial to the Missing. The cemetery contains the original burials of 1916, 1917 and 1918 carried out by fighting units. There are in total 2,760 Commonwealth servicemen buried here. The memorial  commemorates over 14,000 casualties of the British Army that died on the Somme at the time of the German "Spring Offensive"  between March and August 1918 and have no known grave. The cemetery and memorial were designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw and it was unveiled in August 1930
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  • The Pozières British Cemetery is enclosed by the Pozières Memorial to the Missing. The cemetery contains the original burials of 1916, 1917 and 1918 carried out by fighting units. There are in total 2,760 Commonwealth servicemen buried here. The memorial  commemorates over 14,000 casualties of the British Army that died on the Somme at the time of the German "Spring Offensive"  between March and August 1918 and have no known grave. The cemetery and memorial were designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw and it was unveiled in August 1930
    101109_308.jpg
  • The First Australian Division Memorial . The memorial commemorates the men of the First Australian Division who fought in France and Belgium in 1916, 1917 and 1918. On the bronze tablet is a list of battles fought by the 1st Australian Division.  The Battle of ‪Pozières‬ was a two week struggle (23 July – 7 August 1916) by British and Australian divisions for the capture of the village of Pozieres during  the 1916 battle of the Somme.
    101109_261.jpg
  • The First Australian Division Memorial . The memorial commemorates the men of the First Australian Division who fought in France and Belgium in 1916, 1917 and 1918. On the bronze tablet is a list of battles fought by the 1st Australian Division.  The Battle of ‪Pozières‬ was a two week struggle (23 July – 7 August 1916) by British and Australian divisions for the capture of the village of Pozieres during  the 1916 battle of the Somme.
    101109_258.jpg
  • The Australian Memorial at Pozieres Mill where four Australian divisions fought from the 23rd of July to the 5th of September 1916. <br />
The Battle of ‪Pozières‬ was a two week struggle (23 July – 7 August 1916) by British and Australian divisions for the capture of the village of Pozieres during  the 1916 battle of the Somme. <br />
The memorial was sculpted by Ross Bastiaan
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  • The ‪Museum of the Great War‬ (Historial de la Grande Guerre) in ‪Péronne‬, France
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  • The ‪Museum of the Great War‬ (Historial de la Grande Guerre) in ‪Péronne‬, France
    101108_298.jpg
  • The ‪Museum of the Great War‬ (Historial de la Grande Guerre) in ‪Péronne‬, France
    101108_267.jpg
  • The Battle of ‪Pozières‬ was a two week struggle (23 July – 7 August 1916) by British and Australian divisions for the capture of the village of Pozieres during  the 1916 battle of the Somme.
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  • A sign showing the front line on the 1st of September 1916 <br />
The Battle of ‪Pozières‬ was a two week struggle (23 July – 7 August 1916) by British and Australian divisions for the capture of the village of Pozieres during  the 1916 battle of the Somme.
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  • Delville Wood Cemetery is the third largest cemetery in in the Somme battlefield area and contains 5,523 burials of which two-thirds are unknown.There are 5,242 UK burials, 152 from South Africa, 81 from Australia, 29 from Canada and 19 from New Zealand. Almost all of the casualties date from July to September 1916 and are from the battle of Delville Wood.
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  • A man dressed with a ‪Canadian Expeditionary Force‬  officers uniform standing in front of the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial. On the back are the three bronze tablets that 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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  • A man dressed with a ‪Canadian Expeditionary Force‬  officers uniform poses in front of the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial that 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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  • The 74-acre site at Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, is one of the few places where a visitor can see the trench lines of  WWI in a preserved natural state.<br />
 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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  • The memorial to the 29th British Division at the 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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  • Delville Wood Cemetery is the third largest cemetery in in the Somme battlefield area and contains 5,523 burials of which two-thirds are unknown.There are 5,242 UK burials, 152 from South Africa, 81 from Australia, 29 from Canada and 19 from New Zealand. Almost all of the casualties date from July to September 1916 and are from the battle of Delville Wood.
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  • Exhibits at the the Somme Trench Museum in Albert (‪Musée Somme 1916‬)The museum is in the old crypts under the basilica of Albert and shows scenes of trench life from WWI, original uniforms, war paraphernalia  and other items rescued from the fields.
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  • A man dressed with a ‪Canadian Expeditionary Force‬  officers uniform poses for a photograph with a tourist  in front of the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial. On the back are the three bronze tablets that 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.
    101109_534.jpg
  • A man dressed with a ‪Canadian Expeditionary Force‬  officers uniform standing in front of the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial. On the back are the three bronze tablets that 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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