Surrounded on all sides by fields, the CWGC Redan Ridge Cemetery No 3, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, Picardy, France.

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Redan Ridge was named from The Redan, a group of British front-line trenches of 1916. The cemetery was made by the V Corps in the spring of 1917, when these battlefields were cleared. Redan Ridge Cemetery No. 3 is among the old German front line trenches. There are now over 50, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, half are unidentified and 13 graves which were destroyed by shell fire, are now represented by special memorials. The great majority of these officers and men fell in November, 1916, and belonged to the 2nd Division.

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Size: 3624px × 2401px
Location: Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, Picardy, France
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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