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KINGDOM
It is with some
hesitation that we have separated details, where possible, of the different
regiments fighting under the Union Jack. After all, they were representing the
same nation. Having said that, it does make it easier for those of you
interested in particular regiments to find relevant details, but please remember
that these soldiers were all fighting side by side along the Western Front and a
northern English regiment could easily find itself alongside a Welsh or Scottish
regiment etc..
There are sites that all
visitors will find interesting and these are:
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Thiepval - the monument to the missing of the Somme. This is the biggest British
monument to all those who gave their lives and were never found.
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Nearby there is the Pozières tank memorial dedicated to the first tanks to leave this site for use in battle.
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Also nearby is the Lochnagar crater in La Boisselle, signposted as La
Grande Mine. Here the area where a mine was blown to mark the beginning of
the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916 has been preserved. So many other
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The towns of Albert and
Péronne should be on your itinerary. Albert was highly significant
during WW1 as it was just behind the British Front lines, having been taken from
the Germans. Both towns boast museums to the First World war. Ours is already
known to you through this website, of course.
A trip to the Butte de Warlencourt
in the Pas-de-Calais (neighbouring
county) will show you where the first Somme Offensive came to an end in Nov.
1916. So many lives were lost for so little land.
