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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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  • 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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  • 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 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 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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_379.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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • ‪Delville Wood South African National Memorial‬ serves as the national memorial to all those of the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force who died during World War I. Although the campaigns commemorated include the "East African Campaign" and other campaigns both in Europe and in Africa, the location of the memorial marks the role played by South Africans in the Battle of Delville Wood (14 July – 3 September 1916), part of the Somme Offensive. The Battle of Delville Wood was the first major engagement of South Africans in the western front. The South African 1st Infantry Brigade suffer losses of 80%, yet they manage to hold Delville Wood in a battle described as "...the bloodiest battle hell of 1916."
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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • 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 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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  • 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.
    101108_508.jpg
  • 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.
    101108_507.jpg
  • 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.
    101108_495.jpg
  • 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.
    101108_502.jpg
  • 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 cross at the 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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  • The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
    101108_413.jpg
  • 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 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 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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  • 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.
    101109_244.jpg
  • 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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  • The grave of Private F.C. Butcher of the 3rd Regiment, South African Infantry died on the 15th of July 1916 at the age of 26 <br />
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.
    101108_491.jpg
  • The National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
    101108_405.jpg
  • 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.
    101108_341.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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  • 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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  • 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
  • ‪Delville Wood South African National Memorial‬ serves as the national memorial to all those of the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force who died during World War I. Although the campaigns commemorated include the "East African Campaign" and other campaigns both in Europe and in Africa, the location of the memorial marks the role played by South Africans in the Battle of Delville Wood (14 July – 3 September 1916), part of the Somme Offensive. The Battle of Delville Wood was the first major engagement of South Africans in the western front. The South African 1st Infantry Brigade suffer losses of 80%, yet they manage to hold Delville Wood in a battle described as "...the bloodiest battle hell of 1916."
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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.
    101108_347.jpg
  • 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 National Cemetery of Rancourt is the largest French cemetery in Somme with 8566 graves.
    101108_415.jpg
  • 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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  • A memorial to the Footballers' Battalion in Longueval, France
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  • Signs in both English and French for the ‪Delville Wood South African national memorial‬, museum and the ‪Delville‬ cemetery
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  • ‪Remembrance cross‬es in a field near the Lochnagar Crater
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  • Poppy wreaths laid near the Lochnagar Crater. <br />
The Lochnagar Crater is the largest manmade crater created in WWI. The mine was laid by the 179th Tunneling Company Royal Engineers and it was exploded two minutes before 7:30 (the zero hour for the british offensive) on the morning of July 1st 1916.  At the time this was the largest man made explosion ever made and there are reports that it was heard in London. In 1978 the area was purchased by Richard Dunning who decided to reserve the place and make a memorial.
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  • The entrance to the Lochnagar Crater.<br />
The Lochnagar Crater is the largest manmade crater created in WWI. The mine was laid by the 179th Tunneling Company Royal Engineers and it was exploded two minutes before 7:30 (the zero hour for the british offensive) on the morning of July 1st 1916.  At the time this was the largest man made explosion ever made and there are reports that it was heard in London. In 1978 the area was purchased by Richard Dunning who decided to reserve the place and make a memorial.
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  • ‪Remembrance cross‬es in a field near the Lochnagar Crater
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  • The Lochnagar Crater is the largest manmade crater created in WWI. The mine was laid by the 179th Tunneling Company Royal Engineers and it was exploded two minutes before 7:30 (the zero hour for the british offensive) on the morning of July 1st 1916.  At the time this was the largest man made explosion ever made and there are reports that it was heard in London. In 1978 the area was purchased by Richard Dunning who decided to reserve the place and make a memorial.
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  • Poppy wreaths laid near the Lochnagar Crater. <br />
The Lochnagar Crater is the largest manmade crater created in WWI. The mine was laid by the 179th Tunneling Company Royal Engineers and it was exploded two minutes before 7:30 (the zero hour for the british offensive) on the morning of July 1st 1916.  At the time this was the largest man made explosion ever made and there are reports that it was heard in London. In 1978 the area was purchased by Richard Dunning who decided to reserve the place and make a memorial.
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  • A school visit at the Lochnagar Crater, the largest manmade crater created in WWI. The mine was laid by the 179th Tunneling Company Royal Engineers and it was exploded two minutes before 7:30 (the zero hour for the british offensive) on the morning of July 1st 1916.  At the time this was the largest man made explosion ever made and there are reports that it was heard in London. In 1978 the area was purchased by Richard Dunning who decided to reserve the place and make a memorial.
    101109_067.jpg
  • The Lochnagar Crater is the largest manmade crater created in WWI. The mine was laid by the 179th Tunneling Company Royal Engineers and it was exploded two minutes before 7:30 (the zero hour for the british offensive) on the morning of July 1st 1916.  At the time this was the largest man made explosion ever made and there are reports that it was heard in London. In 1978 the area was purchased by Richard Dunning who decided to reserve the place and make a memorial.
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  • A school visit at the Lochnagar Crater, the largest manmade crater created in WWI. The mine was laid by the 179th Tunneling Company Royal Engineers and it was exploded two minutes before 7:30 (the zero hour for the british offensive) on the morning of July 1st 1916.  At the time this was the largest man made explosion ever made and there are reports that it was heard in London. In 1978 the area was purchased by Richard Dunning who decided to reserve the place and make a memorial.
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  • A school visit at the  Lochnagar Crater, the largest manmade crater created in WWI. The mine was laid by the 179th Tunneling Company Royal Engineers and it was exploded two minutes before 7:30 (the zero hour for the british offensive) on the morning of July 1st 1916.  At the time this was the largest man made explosion ever made and there are reports that it was heard in London. In 1978 the area was purchased by Richard Dunning who decided to reserve the place and make a memorial.
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  • A memorial banch in the Lochnagar Crater, the largest manmade crater created in WWI. The mine was laid by the 179th Tunneling Company Royal Engineers and it was exploded two minutes before 7:30 (the zero hour for the british offensive) on the morning of July 1st 1916.  At the time this was the largest man made explosion ever made and there are reports that it was heard in London. In 1978 the area was purchased by Richard Dunning who decided to reserve the place and make a memorial.
    101109_014.jpg
  • The Lochnagar Crater is the largest manmade crater created in WWI. The mine was laid by the 179th Tunneling Company Royal Engineers and it was exploded two minutes before 7:30 (the zero hour for the british offensive) on the morning of July 1st 1916.  At the time this was the largest man made explosion ever made and there are reports that it was heard in London. In 1978 the area was purchased by Richard Dunning who decided to reserve the place and make a memorial.
    101109_006.jpg
  • A school visit at the Lochnagar Crater, the largest manmade crater created in WWI. The mine was laid by the 179th Tunneling Company Royal Engineers and it was exploded two minutes before 7:30 (the zero hour for the british offensive) on the morning of July 1st 1916.  At the time this was the largest man made explosion ever made and there are reports that it was heard in London. In 1978 the area was purchased by Richard Dunning who decided to reserve the place and make a memorial.
    101109_034.jpg
  • The Lochnagar Crater is the largest manmade crater created in WWI. The mine was laid by the 179th Tunneling Company Royal Engineers and it was exploded two minutes before 7:30 (the zero hour for the british offensive) on the morning of July 1st 1916.  At the time this was the largest man made explosion ever made and there are reports that it was heard in London. In 1978 the area was purchased by Richard Dunning who decided to reserve the place and make a memorial.
    101109_022.jpg
  • The Lochnagar Crater is the largest manmade crater created in WWI. The mine was laid by the 179th Tunneling Company Royal Engineers and it was exploded two minutes before 7:30 (the zero hour for the british offensive) on the morning of July 1st 1916.  At the time this was the largest man made explosion ever made and there are reports that it was heard in London. In 1978 the area was purchased by Richard Dunning who decided to reserve the place and make a memorial.
    101109_013.jpg
  • The Lochnagar Crater is the largest manmade crater created in WWI. The mine was laid by the 179th Tunneling Company Royal Engineers and it was exploded two minutes before 7:30 (the zero hour for the british offensive) on the morning of July 1st 1916.  At the time this was the largest man made explosion ever made and there are reports that it was heard in London. In 1978 the area was purchased by Richard Dunning who decided to reserve the place and make a memorial.
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  • Mannequins dressed in Imperial German Army uniforms wearing gas masks  in a reconstructed WWI German trench 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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  • Mannequins dressed with British Expeditionary Force uniforms of WWI in what appears to be a trench hospital 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.
    101109_438.jpg
  • Mannequins dressed with British, American, Moroccan and french uniforms of WWI under the Union Jack 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.
    101109_364.jpg
  • Mannequin dressed in Imperial German Army uniform in a reconstructed WWI German trench 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. s
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  • Mannequins dressed with British Expeditionary Force uniforms of WWI  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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  • 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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  • Mannequin dressed with Imperial German Army uniform in a reconstructed WWI German trench 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.
    101109_392.jpg
  • Mannequins dressed in  British Expeditionary Force uniforms of WWI  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.
    101109_424.jpg
  • 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.
    101109_407.jpg
  • Mannequins dressed with British Expeditionary Force uniforms of WWI  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.
    101109_368.jpg
  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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_187.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
    101108_177.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
    101108_168.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
    101108_226.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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  • 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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  • 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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