Mametz Wood – Flatiron Copse Cemetery

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Magicfingers

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A few hundred yards north of the 38th Welsh Division Memorial, Flatiron Copse Cemetery is situated alongside the road at the north eastern edge of Mametz Wood. Continue reading →

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Mametz Wood – The 38th Welsh Division Memorial

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Magicfingers

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The fortified German villages of Fricourt and Mametz had both fallen by day two of the Somme offensive, but the subsequent capture of Mametz Wood and, a little to the west, the village of Contalmaison, were essential to the next planned phase of the British offensive; the Battle of Bazentin Ridge. Continue reading →

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Longueval – Delville Wood: The South African National Memorial & the Last Tree

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Magicfingers

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The South African (Delville Wood) National Memorial, unveiled in October 1926 by, among others, General James Herzog, Prime Minister of South Africa, and Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, to remember the South Africans who served and died in all theatres of operations during the Great War.  It now also includes those who served in the Second World War and the Korean War. Continue reading →

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Longueval – Delville Wood Cemetery

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Magicfingers

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Delville Wood Cemetery, with a glimpse of the South African National Memorial in the right background; we shall visit the memorial next post (there you go, Steven). Continue reading →

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Longueval War Memorial & the Pipers Memorial

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Magicfingers

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Longueval war memorial, on one side of the crossroads in the centre of the village. Continue reading →

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Longueval Road Cemetery

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Magicfingers

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Longueval Road Cemetery, with Bernafay Wood away to the south, and the spire of Montauban Church visible among the trees on the horizon to the right. Continue reading →

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Montauban – Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Magicfingers

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Bernafay Wood British Cemetery is situated alongside the D197 near the north west corner of Bernafay Wood, about half a mile across the fields north east of Montauban. Continue reading →

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