Today we are going to visit battle site from WWI in the Somme River Valley, this will include Tower of Ulster, Mouquet Farm, Courcelette, Achonvilliers and of course Beaumont Hamel the site of the Newfoundland Monument.
Battle of the Somme
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Ulster Monument
36th (Ulster) Division Memorial |
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| The British Memmoral |
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| Mouquet Farm |
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| Lt. Col. (ret) Ed Rayment, our Tour Guide and a very knowledgeable |
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| French Countryside around Mouquet Farm, on the road to Achonvilliers |
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| An original WWI (well preserved) Trench in Achonvilliers |
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| An original WWI (well preserved) Trench in Achonvilliers |
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| Town of Achonvilliers (France) |
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Karen with Cuthbert in Achonvilliers (France)
Cuthbert is into WWI history and has a depth of knowledge unequal
Beaumont Hamel - Newfoundland Monument
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| Danger Tree |
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| Two Unknown Solders |
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Trenches
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| Still undetonated explosives in this area of Beaumont Hamel |
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| The Lochnagar mine was a mine dug by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification known as Schwabenhöhe, in the front line, south of the village of La Boisselle in the Somme département of France. The mine was named after Lochnagar Street, the British trench from which the gallery was driven. It was one of eight large and eleven small mines that were placed beneath the German lines on the British section of the Somme front. TheLochnagar mine was sprung at 7:28 a.m. on 1 July 1916, the First day on the Somme. The crater was captured and held by British troops but the attack on either flank was defeated by German small-arms and artillery fire, except on the extreme right flank and just south of La Boisselle, north of the new crater. The crater has been preserved as a memorial. |
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Canada Day - July 1, 2016 - 100th Anniversary at Beaumont Hamel at the Newfoundland Monument
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Photo form 1916 (from Heritage Newfoundland)
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