The Cross of Sacrifice at the Lochnagar Crater Memorial at La Boisselle on the Somme countryside of northern France

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The Cross of Sacrifice at the WWI Lochnagar Crater Memorial near the Glory Hole at La Boisselle on the Somme in France. The crater was the result of 60,000ibs of high explosive detonated under the German positions at the start of the Battle of the Somme 1 July 1916.

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Size: 5500px × 3671px
Location: La Boisselle, The Somme, France
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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