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RIR
IN THE TRENCHES
11 RIR in the trenches. Note the cloth caps
and dug-out entrance on the right. |
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RIR IN THE TRENCHES
11 RIR in the trenches. Note the creature
comforts.
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CONNAUGHT CEMETERY
Connaught Cemetery on the edge
of Thiepval Wood on the Somme. |
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MILL ROAD CEMETERY
Mill Road Cemetery built over the Schwaben
Redoubt a German strongpoint facing Thiepval
Wood. Subsidence has meant that some of
the headstones have to be laid flat. |
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DUDS
Duds at Mansel Copse on the Somme.
Eighty years on the Great War still yields
its “iron harvest”. |
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MARTINSART
Martinsart British Cemetery on the
Somme. Plot 1, row A. A communal grave for
men of 13 RIR killed by a single German
shell on the 28 June 1916. |
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VIMY RIDGE TRENCHES
Vimy Ridge. Preserved trenches north
of Arras. |
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YPRES CLOTH HALL
The Cloth Hall at Ypres rebuilt after
the War and passed by thousands on their
way to and from the Salient through the
Menin Gate. |
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MESSINES
SPANBROEKMOLEN
Spanbroekmolen Mine Crater
on the Messines Ridge now a “Pool
of Rememberence”. |
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JOHN McGURK’S
HEADSTONE
The grave of John McGurk at Lambeg
Parish Church. Wounded on the opening
day of the Somme he died at home just
over three weeks later aged 19.
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