The Somme Battlefields

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Lunch spot with Trenches in rear yard discovered recently
Lunch spot with Trenches in rear yard discovered recently

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Newfoundland Memorial
Newfoundland Memorial
Newfoundland Memorial
Newfoundland Memorial
Newfoundland Memorial
Newfoundland Memorial
Trenches Newfoundland (Canadian) Memorial.  We were there 99 years to the day of their greatest loss
Trenches Newfoundland (Canadian) Memorial. We were there 99 years to the day of their greatest loss
Self explanatory...
Self explanatory…

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No Australian's here but a beautiful cemetery looked after by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Those buried here mostly died in the surrounding woods.  They'd spent 2 days here hiding but the Germans sent bombs/shot the woods - these men were killed before even hitting the front
No Australian’s here but a beautiful cemetery looked after by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Those buried here mostly died in the surrounding woods. They’d spent 2 days here hiding but the Germans sent bombs/shot the woods – these men were killed before even hitting the front

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