Somme WW1 Battlefield, July 1st-November 1916, France. Memorial of the 8th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. February
Somme WW1 Battlefield, July 1st-November 1916, France. Memorial of the 8th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. February 2014 Photograph shows the Memorial of the 8th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders established in 1923 and based on a Celtic Cross on the site of the battalion's HQ. Beaumont-Hamel was attacked and reached on 1 July 1916, but it could not be held. It was attacked again, and this time taken, on 13 November 1916 and the British cemetery (originally titled as 'V Corps Cemetery ') was made by units taking part in that and subsequent operations until February 1917. It was increased after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the surrounding battlefields. The cemetery now contains 179 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 82 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to two casualties known to be buried among them.
Size: 4256px × 2832px
Location: Somme battlefield area of Northern France
Photo credit: © BRIAN HARRIS / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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