3624 x 2415 px | 30,7 x 20,4 cm | 12,1 x 8,1 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
25 août 2012
Lieu:
Newfoundland Memorial Park, Hamel and Auchonvillers road, The Somme, France
Informations supplémentaires:
inscription: "Bible of Wilfred John Rose, service number 217, wounded here at Beaumont-Hamel July 1, 1916. Lance corporal Rose was demobilized June 28, 1920." This park, located near Beaumont Hamel, is one of only a few sites on the Western Front where the ground remains largely untouched from when the First World War ended. The area has been maintained because of the significance to Newfoundland; the Newfoundland Regiment, which was part of the 88th Infantry Brigade within the 29th Division, attacked here on the 1st of July 1916, and suffered appalling losses. After the War, Newfoundland purchased this land in 1921, and first it and then the Canadian government (after 1949) have maintained it since as a memorial. It was officially opened in 1925, by Earl Haig. In 1997 it was designated a Canadian National Historic Site. The statue of the Caribou (see below) was chosen for the Memorial, as it was the symbol of the Newfoundland Regiment. (Source: ww1battlefields.co.uk)
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