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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.
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  • A detail of the center of the twin white pylons  of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ showing the Spirit of Sacrifice. The monument is dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The front of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The twin white pylons of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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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.
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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 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.
    101109_527.jpg
  • 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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  • ‪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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  • ‪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 back side (view from the Canadian Road) of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The weeping woman or better known as "Mother Canada mourning her dead" overlooks the Douai Plains at the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The Mourning mother of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • A warning sign of unexploded ordnance near the  the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The female mourner sculpture in front of the twin white pylons of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The Male mourner sculpture in front of the twin white pylons of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • A detail of the center of the twin white pylons  of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ showing the Spirit of Sacrifice,and the Weeping Woman or Mother Canada mourning her dead. The monument is dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • Thefront side of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The Spirit of Sacrifice, a detail of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. <br />
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The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • A detail of the center of the twin white pylons  of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ showing the Spirit of Sacrifice,and the Weeping Woman or Mother Canada mourning her dead. The monument is dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The Weeping Woman or Mother Canada mourning her dead in the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The twin white pylons of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The twin white pylons of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The Canadian flag flying at the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The Canadian flag flying at the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The twin white pylons of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The front wall of the the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ with the engraved names of the 11,285 Canadians killed in France.  In the back the twin white pylons of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • Close up of the statue of the weeping woman or better known as "Mother Canada mourning her dead" at the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The weeping woman or better known as "Mother Canada mourning her dead" in front of the twin white pylons of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The twin white pylons of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The twin white pylons of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The twin white pylons of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The pacifist Breaking of the Swords  statue  of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The back side (view from the Canadian Road) of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The twin white pylons of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The twin white pylons of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The twin white pylons of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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  • The twin white pylons of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. At the front is a a figure of a weeping woman or better known as Mother Canada mourning her dead.   The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
    101109_832.jpg
  • The twin white pylons of the ‪Canadian National Vimy Memorial‬ dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in World War one. The monument is situated at a 100 hectare preserved battlefield with wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions. The memorial designed by Walter Seymour Allward opened in 1936.
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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.
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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 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
  • 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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  • 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.
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  • 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
  • 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_411.jpg
  • 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 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • A man dressed with a ‪Canadian Expeditionary Force‬  officers uniform standing in front of the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial.  The 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 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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  • 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 road leading to Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial. <br />
The 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 standing in front of the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial.  The 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 standing in front of the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial.  The 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 standing in front of the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial.  The 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 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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.
    101109_471.jpg
  • 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.
    101109_474.jpg
  • The Caribou Memorial, the emblem of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, standing atop a mound of Newfoundland graniteand surrounded by native Newfoundland plants. 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_450.jpg
  • 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_468.jpg
  • 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_466.jpg
  • 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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  • The sign at the entrance to Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial. The 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 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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