Memorial to the Dorset Regiment on the Somme

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The image is of the memorial post to the Dorset Regiment who with the Lonsdale Battalion of the Border Regiment attacked the German Front Line from this position on the first day of the Battle of the Somme 1 July 1916. The adjacent path leads to Lonsdale Military Cemetery and contains 1542 burials.

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Size: 3660px × 5500px
Location: France, The Somme
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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