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  • 16th Feb, 2006. Devastated Plaquemines Parish, just south of New Orleans, Louisiana. Coffins, sealed in hard plastic storage bins await re-burial at the Turner cemetery. Council man and local contractor Mike Mudge checks tags in the cemetery, surrounded by just a few of the hundreds of coffins he has recovered from all over the parish. The cemeteries in the parish were devastated by hurricane Katrina. Many of the coffins floated away and have now been recovered from the marshes and surrounding areas. Most of the remains have been identified and await burial for the second time. For now though, they wait above ground in cemeteries awaiting tombs tied to the land.
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  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 03 November, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana.  Post Katrina. <br />
An empty tomb at the Terre Aux Boaeufs (cattle land) cemetery in Saint Bernard parish just south of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina caused a 20ft tidal surge to sweep over the land, 'popping' tombs and displacing coffins.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 03 November, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana.  Post Katrina. <br />
An empty tomb at the Terre Aux Boaeufs (cattle land) cemetery in Saint Bernard parish just south of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina caused a 20ft tidal surge to sweep over the land, 'popping' tombs and displacing coffins.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 03 November, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina.<br />
An empty tomb at the Terre Aux Boaeufs (cattle land) cemetery in Saint Bernard parish just south of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina caused a 20ft tidal surge to sweep over the land, 'popping' tombs and displacing coffins.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 03 November, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana.  Post Katrina. <br />
An empty tomb at the Terre Aux Boaeufs (cattle land) cemetery in Saint Bernard parish just south of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina caused a 20ft tidal surge to sweep over the land, 'popping' tombs and displacing coffins.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    03nov05-St Bernard postK032.JPG
  • 9th December, 2005. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana. 3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva and family at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled aroud their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.
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  • 3rd November, 2005. A tomb still bearing a coffin at the Terre Aux Boaeufs (cattle land) cemetery in Saint Bernard parish just south of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina caused a 20ft tidal surge to sweep over the land, 'popping' tombs and displacing coffins.
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  • 23 July 2012. New Orleans, Louisiana,  USA. .The funeral procession for 'Uncle' Lionel Batiste, drummer for the Treme Brass Band winds its way through the Treme neighbourhood..Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09Dec05-Post Katrina012.JPG
  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09Dec05-Post Katrina001.JPG
  • 03 November, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana.  Post Katrina. <br />
An empty tomb at the Terre Aux Boaeufs (cattle land) cemetery in Saint Bernard parish just south of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina caused a 20ft tidal surge to sweep over the land, 'popping' tombs and displacing coffins.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    03nov05-St Bernard postK039.JPG
  • 03 November, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana.  Post Katrina. <br />
An empty tomb at the Terre Aux Boaeufs (cattle land) cemetery in Saint Bernard parish just south of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina caused a 20ft tidal surge to sweep over the land, 'popping' tombs and displacing coffins.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    03nov05-St Bernard postK036.JPG
  • 03 November, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana.  Post Katrina. <br />
An empty tomb at the Terre Aux Boaeufs (cattle land) cemetery in Saint Bernard parish just south of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina caused a 20ft tidal surge to sweep over the land, 'popping' tombs and displacing coffins.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    03nov05-St Bernard postK034.JPG
  • 04 August 2006 - New Orleans - Louisiana. Funeral - New Home Baptist Church. Friends and relatives of three young men gunned down late at night on a city street on July 28th pay their respects. 4 men were gunned down that night in one incident as crime spirals out of control in New Orleans. Three of the victims, all brothers buried today are Kadeem Stephen (16yrs), Kendall Stephen (21yrs) and Kareem Stephen (also 16yrs). Pictured is the boy's aunt, Anita Mikell, overcome with grief as she is led to the open coffins. A young child reaches up to console her.
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  • March, 27th, 2006. The road to the end of St Bernard Parish, east of New Orleans. Seven months after the storm, cement coffins, filled with the original wooden coffins that were washed away by Hurricane Katrina and were collected from all over the area, await re-interring at Merrick cemetery, one of the oldest slave cemeteries in the south.
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  • 06 October 2011. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.  <br />
Mayor Mitch Landrieu and former US ambassador Lindy Boggs leaving the funeral of  Archbishop Philip Hannan at St Louis cathedral in Jackson Square. Archbishop Philip Matthew Hannan (May 20th, 1913 - Sept 29th, 2011). Archbishop Hannan was a decorated WWII army chaplain and served as a  member of the Vatican II Council Fathers under Pope Pius XII. The industrious and well respected Archbishop Hannan was a personal confidant of President John F Kennedy, delivering the eulogy at the assassinated President's funeral.<br />
Photos; Charlie Varley
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  • 06 October 2011. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.  <br />
Governor Bobby Jindal and former US ambassador Lindy Boggs attend the funeral of  Archbishop Philip Hannan at St Louis cathedral in Jackson Square. Archbishop Philip Matthew Hannan (May 20th, 1913 - Sept 29th, 2011). Archbishop Hannan was a decorated WWII army chaplain and served as a  member of the Vatican II Council Fathers under Pope Pius XII. The industrious and well respected Archbishop Hannan was a personal confidant of President John F Kennedy, delivering the eulogy at the assassinated President's funeral.<br />
Photos; Charlie Varley
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  • 04 August 2006. New Orleans,  Louisiana, USA. .Repass after the Funeral - St Anne Street. Friends and relatives of three young men gunned down late at night on a city street on July 28th pay their respects. 4 men were gunned down that night in one incident as crime spirals out of control in New Orleans. Three of the victims, all brothers buried today are Kadeem Stephen (16yrs), Kendall Stephen (21yrs) and Kareem Stephen (also 16yrs). .Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 04 August 2006. New Orleans,  Louisiana. .Funeral for victims of Homicide, New Home Baptist Church. Anita Mikell,  victim's aunt is overcome with griefas she is led to the open coffins. A young child reaches up to console her. Friends and relatives of three young men gunned down late at night on a city street on July 28th pay their respects. 4 men were gunned down that night in one incident as crime spirals out of control in New Orleans. Three of the victims, all brothers buried today are Kadeem Stephen (16yrs), Kendall Stephen (21yrs) and Kareem Stephen (also 16yrs). .Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 04 August 2006. New Orleans,  Louisiana. .Funeral for victims of Homicide, New Home Baptist Church. Friends and relatives of three young men gunned down late at night on a city street on July 28th pay their respects. 4 men were gunned down that night in one incident as crime spirals out of control in New Orleans. Three of the victims, all brothers buried today are Kadeem Stephen (16yrs), Kendall Stephen (21yrs) and Kareem Stephen (also 16yrs). One of the victims sisters (name unknown) is overcome with grief..Photo; Charlie Varley..
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  • 23 July 2012. New Orleans, Louisiana,  USA. .The funeral procession for 'Uncle' Lionel Batiste, drummer for the Treme Brass Band winds its way through the Treme neighbourhood..Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 03 Feb 2012. New Orleans, Louisiana USA. .Funeral mass for local hero Harry 'Mike' Ainsworth..Ainsworth's youngest son Dameon (9 yrs) leads the pall bearers carrying his father's coffin at Saint Louis Cathedral during the funeral mass remembering  Ainsworth, who was shot and killed in front of his boys as he attempted to thwart a carjacking in in Algiers Point. .Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09Dec05-Post Katrina020.JPG
  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09Dec05-Post Katrina019.JPG
  • 09December 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath. <br />
3 1/2 months after the storm, New Orleans continues to bury the victims. 77 year old widow Geneva is embraced by her grandson at the funeral of her husband Vincent Giuffre at Greenwood cemetery. 87 year old Guiffre died in the arms of his 77 yr old wife Geneva in New Orleans East as the flood waters swirled around their kitchen. Geneva placed her cat Patsy in her attic, fully expecting her beloved pet to die. She swam out of her back door, leaving her husband's body floating in the kitchen. She held onto the drain surrounding her house roof and made her way to the front of the building where she clung on to the drainpipe for 3 days. Geneva was rescued by helicopter, taken to Houston. Her frantic family did not learn that she was safe for 4 days. The only thing she was able to save from her house was her wedding ring. Geneva and Vincent had been married 56 years. Miraculously a neighbour saved her cat, discovering it alive 3 weeks after the storm hit. Geneva and her cat now live with her son Gary in Atlanta.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    09Dec05-Post Katrina018.JPG
  • 03 November, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana.  Post Katrina. <br />
An empty tomb at the Terre Aux Boaeufs (cattle land) cemetery in Saint Bernard parish just south of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina caused a 20ft tidal surge to sweep over the land, 'popping' tombs and displacing coffins.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    03nov05-St Bernard postK040.JPG
  • 03 November, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana.  Post Katrina. <br />
An empty tomb at the Terre Aux Boaeufs (cattle land) cemetery in Saint Bernard parish just south of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina caused a 20ft tidal surge to sweep over the land, 'popping' tombs and displacing coffins.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    03nov05-St Bernard postK038.JPG
  • 08 November 2020. Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, The Somme, Picardy, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial is dedicated to the commemoration of Dominion of Newfoundland forces members who were killed during World War I. The 74-acre (300,000 m2) preserved battlefield park encompasses the grounds over which the Newfoundland Regiment made their unsuccessful attack on 1 July 1916 during the first day of the Battle of the Somme.<br />
The Battle of the Somme was the regiment's first major engagement, and during an assault that lasted approximately 30 minutes the regiment was all but wiped out. Purchased in 1921 by the people of Newfoundland, the memorial site is the largest battalion memorial on the Western Front, and the largest area of the Somme battlefield that has been preserved. Along with preserved trench lines, there are a number of memorials and cemeteries contained within the site. Opened by British Field Marshal Earl Haig in 1925, the memorial site is one of only two National Historic Sites of Canada located outside of Canada.<br />
The site also contains a number of memorials as well as four cemeteries maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission; that of Y Ravine Cemetery, Hawthorn Ridge Cemeteries No. 1 and No. 2 and the mass burial site of Hunter's Cemetery.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, The Somme, Picardy, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial is dedicated to the commemoration of Dominion of Newfoundland forces members who were killed during World War I. The 74-acre (300,000 m2) preserved battlefield park encompasses the grounds over which the Newfoundland Regiment made their unsuccessful attack on 1 July 1916 during the first day of the Battle of the Somme.<br />
The Battle of the Somme was the regiment's first major engagement, and during an assault that lasted approximately 30 minutes the regiment was all but wiped out. Purchased in 1921 by the people of Newfoundland, the memorial site is the largest battalion memorial on the Western Front, and the largest area of the Somme battlefield that has been preserved. Along with preserved trench lines, there are a number of memorials and cemeteries contained within the site. Opened by British Field Marshal Earl Haig in 1925, the memorial site is one of only two National Historic Sites of Canada located outside of Canada.<br />
The site also contains a number of memorials as well as four cemeteries maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission; that of Y Ravine Cemetery, Hawthorn Ridge Cemeteries No. 1 and No. 2 and the mass burial site of Hunter's Cemetery.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance033.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, The Somme, Picardy, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial is dedicated to the commemoration of Dominion of Newfoundland forces members who were killed during World War I. The 74-acre (300,000 m2) preserved battlefield park encompasses the grounds over which the Newfoundland Regiment made their unsuccessful attack on 1 July 1916 during the first day of the Battle of the Somme.<br />
The Battle of the Somme was the regiment's first major engagement, and during an assault that lasted approximately 30 minutes the regiment was all but wiped out. Purchased in 1921 by the people of Newfoundland, the memorial site is the largest battalion memorial on the Western Front, and the largest area of the Somme battlefield that has been preserved. Along with preserved trench lines, there are a number of memorials and cemeteries contained within the site. Opened by British Field Marshal Earl Haig in 1925, the memorial site is one of only two National Historic Sites of Canada located outside of Canada.<br />
The site also contains a number of memorials as well as four cemeteries maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission; that of Y Ravine Cemetery, Hawthorn Ridge Cemeteries No. 1 and No. 2 and the mass burial site of Hunter's Cemetery.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance036.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance047.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance046.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance038.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance014.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance012.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance043.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance039.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
The marker for Captain John C Lauder, son of Britain most famous singer at the time of his death. His body lied just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater along with the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Ovillers Cemetery, The Somme, Ovillers, France.<br />
Just across the valley from Lochnagar Crater lie the remains of 3,440 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,480 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the graves of 120 fallen French servicemen. Many of the casualties occured the first day of the Battle off the Somme, July 1st 1916 when British troops attempted to take the towns of ovillers and la Boisselle after detonating an enormous mine at Lochnagar. Heavily fortified German positions annihilated the British advance leaving in excess of 6,000 casualties on the first day of the battle of the Somme. In total there were over 1 million casualties during the battle with over 60,000 casualties on July 1st 1916.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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