Delville Wood WW1 CWGC Cemetery (mostly British) Longueval The Somme Picardy France - 5,523 burials, two-thirds unidentified

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Predominantly British WW1 military cemetery at Delville Wood, Longueval, The Somme, France, where long periods of not being able to retrieve casualties from the battlefield resulted in a particularly high incidence of unidentified burials. Photo taken early morning.

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Size: 5222px × 3468px
Location: Route de Ginchy, Longueval, Picardy, France
Photo credit: © Glenn Harper / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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