The Devonshire Cemetery on the site of a trench held by that regiment prior to attack on 1st July 1916, Mametz,Somme France

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The Devonshire Cemetery is on the site of a trench held by that regiment prior to attack on 1st July 1916. A sttone plaque by the cemetery entrance has the inscription ''The Devonshires held this trench,the Devonshires hold it still''

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Photo credit: © Ian Nellist / Alamy / Afripics
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