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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 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
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance010.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 Remembrance004.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Lochnagar Crater, The Somme, La Boisselle, France.<br />
Lochnagar Crater. La Grand Mine. Site of the largest explosion before the atomic bombs of WW2 and a disastrous lesson in futility. British troops exploded an enormous mine to further the Western advance on july 1st 1916, only to miss their target and face fierce opposition from German troops dug into fortified positions set back from the site of the explosion. British casualties in and around La Boisselle exceeded 6,000 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 Remembrance001.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 Remembrance003.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
    B&W-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
    B&W-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
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance048.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 Remembrance044.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 Remembrance045.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 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
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance041.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 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
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance015.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 Remembrance013.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 Remembrance011.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 Remembrance009.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 Remembrance008.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 Remembrance005.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 Remembrance002.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 Remembrance007.jpg
  • 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
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance006.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Museum and Memorial, Somme, Picardy, France. <br />
Memorial Register. The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance031.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. 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 Remembrance034.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 Remembrance033.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance054.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance032.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance028.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance026.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance025.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
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  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance055.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance056.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance053.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance052.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance051.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance050.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance049.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance030.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance024.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance022.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance020.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance018.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance017.jpg
  • 08 November 2020. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Remembrance Sunday.<br />
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who perished in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. The visitors' centre opened in 2004. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".<br />
On the Portland stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1915 and March 1918<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    08nov20-Somme WW1 Remembrance016.jpg
  • 29 May 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
A roadside memorial at the corner of N. Rocheblave and Franklin Ave. The memorial is for a dog killed in the street 2 weeks earlier. A neighbor confirmed it was a stray that used to walk people to church on Sunday. A local woman asked the home owner if she could place the memorial outside his house.  Less than a block away a 17 year old male was shot and killed May 26th. There is no memorial for the teenager - only for the dog.<br />
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  • 29 May 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The forlorn street corner at Eads and N Rocheblave Streets. A 17 year old male was shot and killed May 26th near this corner. There is no memorial marker for where the slain teenager fell. Less than a block away there is roadside memorial for a dog at the corner of N. Rocheblave and Franklin Ave. The dog killed was knocked down and killed in the street 2 weeks earlier. Memorial for a dog - not for a teenager........go figure.<br />
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  • 29 May 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The forlorn street corner at Eads and N Rocheblave Streets. A 17 year old male was shot and killed May 26th near this corner. There is no memorial marker for where the slain teenager fell. Less than a block away there is roadside memorial for a dog at the corner of N. Rocheblave and Franklin Ave. The dog killed was knocked down and killed in the street 2 weeks earlier. Memorial for a dog - not for a teenager........go figure.<br />
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  • 29 May 2014. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The forlorn street corner at Eads and N Rocheblave Streets. A 17 year old male was shot and killed May 26th near this corner. There is no memorial marker for where the slain teenager fell. Less than a block away there is roadside memorial for a dog at the corner of N. Rocheblave and Franklin Ave. The dog killed was knocked down and killed in the street 2 weeks earlier. Memorial for a dog - not for a teenager........go figure.<br />
Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 November 2018. Rugby Club Compiègne. Compèigne, Somme, France.<br />
Tournio Rugby de l'Armistice.<br />
A rugby tournament in the heart of the Somme region in honour of those who perished in the Great War100 years ago.<br />
<br />
L/R; Former Welsh international John Taylor and former Irish International Fergus Slattery at the Rugby Club Compiègne memorial honouring those who perished in the Great War.<br />
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  • 10 November 2018. Rugby Club Compiègne. Compèigne, Somme, France.<br />
Tournio Rugby de l'Armistice.<br />
A rugby tournament in the heart of the Somme region in honour of those who perished in the Great War100 years ago.<br />
<br />
Daily Mirror reporter Andy Lines at the memorial honouring members of the Rugby Club Compiègne who perished in the Great War.<br />
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  • 10 November 2018. Rugby Club Compiègne. Compèigne, Somme, France.<br />
Tournio Rugby de l'Armistice.<br />
A rugby tournament in the heart of the Somme region in honour of those who perished in the Great War100 years ago.<br />
<br />
The Rugby Club Compiègne memorial honouring those who perished in the Great War.<br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 November 2018. Rugby Club Compiègne. Compèigne, Somme, France.<br />
Tournio Rugby de l'Armistice.<br />
A rugby tournament in the heart of the Somme region in honour of those who perished in the Great War100 years ago.<br />
<br />
L/R; Pascal Mitchell, former Irish International Fergus Slattery, former Welsh international John Taylor, and John Dennison (event organiser)  at the Rugby Club Compiègne memorial honouring those who perished in the Great War.<br />
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  • 10 November 2018. Rugby Club Compiègne. Compèigne, Somme, France.<br />
Tournio Rugby de l'Armistice.<br />
A rugby tournament in the heart of the Somme region in honour of those who perished in the Great War100 years ago.<br />
<br />
L/R; Former Welsh international John Taylor and former Irish International Fergus Slattery at the Rugby Club Compiègne memorial honouring those who perished in the Great War.<br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 November 2018. Rugby Club Compiègne. Compèigne, Somme, France.<br />
Tournio Rugby de l'Armistice.<br />
A rugby tournament in the heart of the Somme region in honour of those who perished in the Great War100 years ago.<br />
<br />
Wales v Germany, U18 rugby. <br />
Llandovery College U18 v St George's Schule, Munich. <br />
Llandovery won 28-14.<br />
The two teams came together in unison after the game. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 November 2018. Rugby Club Compiègne. Compèigne, Somme, France.<br />
Tournio Rugby de l'Armistice.<br />
A rugby tournament in the heart of the Somme region in honour of those who perished in the Great War100 years ago.<br />
<br />
Wales v Germany, U18 rugby. <br />
Llandovery College U18 v St George's Schule, Munich. <br />
Llandovery won 28-14.<br />
The two teams came together in unison after the game. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 November 2018. Rugby Club Compiègne. Compèigne, Somme, France.<br />
Tournio Rugby de l'Armistice.<br />
A rugby tournament in the heart of the Somme region in honour of those who perished in the Great War100 years ago.<br />
<br />
Peter Symonds College U18 Rugby team from England.<br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 November 2018. Rugby Club Compiègne. Compèigne, Somme, France.<br />
Tournio Rugby de l'Armistice.<br />
A rugby tournament in the heart of the Somme region in honour of those who perished in the Great War100 years ago.<br />
<br />
Wales v Germany, U18 rugby. <br />
Llandovery College U18 v St George's Schule, Munich. <br />
Llandovery won 28-14.<br />
The two teams came together in unison after the game. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10nov18-Rugby Somme France002.jpg
  • 10 November 2018. Rugby Club Compiègne. Compèigne, Somme, France.<br />
Tournio Rugby de l'Armistice.<br />
A rugby tournament in the heart of the Somme region in honour of those who perished in the Great War100 years ago.<br />
<br />
Wales v Germany, U18 rugby. <br />
Llandovery College U18 v St George's Schule, Munich. <br />
Llandovery won 28-14.<br />
The two teams came together in unison after the game. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10nov18-Rugby Somme France003.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
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The Mayor of La Bissell, Christian Bernard lays a wreath at the memorial service. Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 November 2018. Compèigne, France.<br />
Tournio Rugby de l'Armistice.<br />
A rugby tournament in the heart of the Somme region in honour of those who perished in the Great War100 years ago.<br />
The RCC. Rugby Club Compiegne.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 November 2018. Rugby Club Compiègne. Compèigne, Somme, France.<br />
Tournio Rugby de l'Armistice.<br />
A rugby tournament in the heart of the Somme region in honour of those who perished in the Great War100 years ago.<br />
<br />
Daily Mirror reporter Andy Lines with former Welsh international John Taylor (l) and former Irish International Fergus Slattery at the Rugby Club Compiègne who perished in the Great War.<br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 November 2018. Rugby Club Compiègne. Compèigne, Somme, France.<br />
Tournio Rugby de l'Armistice.<br />
A rugby tournament in the heart of the Somme region in honour of those who perished in the Great War100 years ago.<br />
<br />
Wales v Germany, U18 rugby. <br />
11/11. L/R; Lewis Jones and Toby Wright of Llandovery College U18 Rugby team stand together. The shirts have the names of those who perished in the Great War written inside the number 11's. <br />
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Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 November 2018. Rugby Club Compiègne. Compèigne, Somme, France.<br />
Tournio Rugby de l'Armistice.<br />
A rugby tournament in the heart of the Somme region in honour of those who perished in the Great War100 years ago.<br />
<br />
Wales v Germany, U18 rugby. <br />
Llandovery College U18 v St George's Schule, Munich. <br />
Llandovery won 28-14.<br />
The two teams came together in unison after the game. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    10nov18-Rugby Somme France001.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Richard Dunning MBE (left - event organiser and owner of the land) poses with Christian Bernard, the Mayor of La Bissell.<br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater017.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, volunteers add lollies to the cross in honour of those who perished in the Great War. They are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 10 November 2018. Serre Road Cemetery No.1, near Serre, Somme, France. <br />
Remembering those who perished in the Great War. <br />
There are 2,126 British, 120 Canadian, 147 Australian, 27 New Zealand, 6 South African and 1 Newfoundland casualties of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 1,728 of the graves are unidentified. Every year local residents light the cemetery with lanterns in a mark of respect to the dead.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Richard Dunning MBE (left - event organiser and owner of the land) poses with Christian Bernard, the Mayor of La Bissell.<br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater018.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater016.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater015.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater012.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, volunteers add lollies to the cross in honour of those who perished in the Great War. They are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater013.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Local school children throw petals on the helmets of fallen soldiers. Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater010.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Local school children throw petals on the helmets of fallen soldiers. Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater009.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
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Local school children throw petals on the helmets of fallen soldiers. Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
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Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
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Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater006.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater007.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater008.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater005.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
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Richard Dunning MBE (centre - event organiser and owner of the land) observes a minute's silence. Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater003.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater031.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater002.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater029.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Richard Dunning MBE (left - event organiser and owner of the land) poses with Christian Bernard, the Mayor of La Bissell.<br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater030.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
The helmet of a fallen soldier is covered in petals. Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater026.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater024.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, volunteers add lollies to the cross in honour of those who perished in the Great War. They are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater027.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater023.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater022.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater020.jpg
  • 11 November 2018. Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme, France. <br />
<br />
Gathered in the pouring rain, those who perished in the Great War are remembered by British and French civilians on the 100th anniversary of the Great War. <br />
<br />
Lochnagar Crater was created by the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers under a German field fortification. The explosion was the loudest man made noise created at that time, purportedly heard in London. <br />
<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    11nov18-Lochnagar Crater021.jpg
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