September252013

Remembering the Battle of Loos

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August242013

It always amazes me how in these tiny, quiet French villages they too were hit by the impact of the Great War.

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July32013
Canadian memorial at Passchendaele. A village that is so peaceful and beautiful today, yet in 1917 had been almost wiped off the map.

Canadian memorial at Passchendaele. A village that is so peaceful and beautiful today, yet in 1917 had been almost wiped off the map.

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July22013
Newfoundland Park

Newfoundland Park

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2AM
Trenches at Ocean Villas - the name given to the village of Auchonvilliers.

Trenches at Ocean Villas - the name given to the village of Auchonvilliers.

ocean villas somme great war 

July12013
The Battle of the Somme saw not only the loss of so many lives, it also saw the end of the Pals Battalions. Sheffield Memorial Park - the memorials to the Pals. Men who joined up and served with their friends and those who lived around them. When...

The Battle of the Somme saw not only the loss of so many lives, it also saw the end of the Pals Battalions. 

Sheffield Memorial Park - the memorials to the Pals. Men who joined up and served with their friends and those who lived around them. When they all went into battle together and suffered such heavy loses whole streets in Britain were plunged into mourning. 

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4PM

Remembering those killed on 1st July 1916

www.cwgc.org lists 18769 dead on 1st July 1916

Here are just a few:

Private J Lock

Pioneer Harold Crompton

Corporal W Griggs

2nd Lt John Balkwill

Private P Greene

Private James Turnerimage

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2AM
Trenches at Newfoundland Park - 97 years on they appear a place of such peace and tranquility.

Trenches at Newfoundland Park - 97 years on they appear a place of such peace and tranquility.

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2AM
1st July 1916 - Thiepval, just one of the objectives

1st July 1916 - Thiepval, just one of the objectives

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2AM
1st July 1916 - The Ulsters make good gains, but are forced to retreat as others do not make the same gains.

1st July 1916 - The Ulsters make good gains, but are forced to retreat as others do not make the same gains.

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