Category Archives: The Somme

Thiepval – Connaught Cemetery

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Magicfingers

Beneath the trees at the north eastern edge of Thiepval Wood, this is Connaught Cemetery.

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Recent Updates

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Magicfingers

Bearing in mind the recent update to, and re-post of, the section on Newfoundland Memorial Park, you might like to know that the following Somme posts have also now had photos of stuff I missed first time around added to … Continue reading →

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Travels on the Somme Part Seven – The Battlefield of Beaumont-Hamel: Newfoundland Memorial Park incl. Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No. 2, Hunter’s Cemetery & Y Ravine Cemetery

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Magicfingers

Half a mile south of our last visit to the Beaumont-Hamel battlefield, we now find ourselves just to the south west of the village, where part of the ground fought over was purchased by the Newfoundland Government soon after the … Continue reading →

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The Trenches of Thiepval Wood

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Magicfingers

This is the view that the men of the 36th (Ulster) Division would have had on the morning of 1st July 1916, as they left their trenches on the edge of Thiepval Wood and advanced towards the German lines on … Continue reading →

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Thiepval – The Ulster Memorial Tower

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Magicfingers

Thiepval Wood, looking south from the position of the German front lines in the summer of 1916.  Away to the left the Thiepval Memorial towers above all, and on the horizon just to the right of the memorial a small … Continue reading →

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Amiens – Longueau British Cemetery

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Magicfingers

Longueau British Cemetery, on the outskirts of Amiens.

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Travels on the Somme Part Ten Addendum – Albert: The Somme 1916 Museum

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Magicfingers

I’m not a great one for museums – every hour spent in one is an hour I could be out in the field – but if you’re in Albert, the Somme 1916 Museum is well worth some of your time.  … Continue reading →

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