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Beaumont-Hamel Memorial Park

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Location	:	Beaumont-Hamel, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate	:	50.0731087, 2.6481190
Description	:	Beaumont-Hamel Memorial Park, situated 9 kilometres directly north of the town of Albert, was established in memory of Newfoundlanders who fell in the First World War. To reach it, use the D919 from Arras to Amiens, passing through the villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux then Serre-les-Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre-les-Puisieux, 3 kilometres further along the D919, turn left following the signs for Auchonvillers. At the crossroads in the village centre follow the signs for 'Newfoundland Park, Beaumont Hamel'. Beaumont-Hamel was attacked by the 29th Division on 1 July 1916 and although some units reached it, the... Read More	Beaumont-Hamel Memorial Park, situated 9 kilometres directly north of the town of Albert, was established in memory of Newfoundlanders who fell in the First World War. To reach it, use the D919 from Arras to Amiens, passing through the villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux then Serre-les-Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre-les-Puisieux, 3 kilometres further along the D919, turn left following the signs for Auchonvillers. At the crossroads in the village centre follow the signs for 'Newfoundland Park, Beaumont Hamel'. Beaumont-Hamel was attacked by the 29th Division on 1 July 1916 and although some units reached it, the village was not taken. It was finally captured by the 51st (Highland) and 63rd (Royal Naval) Divisions on the following 13 November. The 29th Division included the 1st Battalion of the Newfoundland Regiment, as it was then called (at that time Newfoundland was technically independent and did not become a part of Canada until 1949). The attack on Beaumont-Hamel in July 1916 was the first severe engagement of the regiment, and the most costly. On the first day of the Battle of the Somme, no unit suffered heavier losses than the Newfoundland Regiment, which had gone into action 801 strong. The roll call the next day revealed that the final figures were 233 killed or dead of wounds, 386 wounded, and 91 missing. Every officer who went forward in the Newfoundland attack was either killed or wounded. For this reason, the government of Newfoundland chose the hill south-west of the village, where the front-line trenches ran at the time of the battle, as the site of their memorial to the soldiers (and also to the sailors) of Newfoundland. Of the few battlefield parks in France and Belgium where the visitor can see a Great War battlefield much as it was, Beaumont Hamel is the largest. The actual trenches are still there and something of the terrible problem of advancing over such country can be appreciated by the visitor. The memorial itself stands at the highest point of the park and consists of a great caribou cast in bronze, emblem of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. At the base, three tablets of bronze carry the names of over 800 members of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve and the Newfoundland Mercantile Marine, who gave their lives in the First World War and who have no known grave. Within the Park are three British Cemeteries (Hawthorn Ridge No. 2, "Y" Ravine, and Hunter's) and two other Battle Memorials (those of the 51st (Highland) and the 29th Divisions).

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Latitude: 50.0731087
Longitude: 2.6481190

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No. 2
Auchonvillers, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0731087, 2.6481190

2. Y Ravine Cemetery
Beaumont-Hamel, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0760900, 2.6521300

3. Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No. 1
Auchonvillers, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0781136, 2.6479790

4. Hunter's Cemetery
Beaumont-Hamel, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0780508, 2.6496584

5. Auchonvillers Communal Cemetery
Auchonvillers, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0785675, 2.6332951

6. New Munich Trench British Cemetery
Beaumont-Hamel, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0821533, 2.6588149

7. Beaumont-Hamel British Cemetery
Beaumont-Hamel, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0856094, 2.6483350

8. Ancre British Cemetery
Beaumont-Hamel, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0678368, 2.6677589

9. Hamel Military Cemetery
Beaumont-Hamel, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0605202, 2.6615870

10. Auchonvillers Military Cemetery
Auchonvillers, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0809746, 2.6271729

11. Munich Trench British Cemetery
Beaumont-Hamel, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0890503, 2.6525950

12. Redan Ridge Cemetery No.2 - Beaumont-Hamel
Beaumont-Hamel, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0891266, 2.6521730

13. Redan Ridge Cemetery No.3-Beaumont-Hamel
Beaumont-Hamel, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0910645, 2.6538510

14. Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery
Beaumont-Hamel, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0883700, 2.6665450

15. Redan Ridge Cemetery No 1- Beaumont-Hamel
Beaumont-Hamel, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0924530, 2.6518869

16. Serre Road Cemetery No. 2
Beaumont-Hamel, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0961571, 2.6523139

17. Sucrerie Military Cemetery
Colincamps, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0954857, 2.6233139

18. Euston Road Cemetery
Colincamps, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.1015091, 2.6195290

19. Authuile Military Cemetery
Authuille, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0406456, 2.6657059

20. Lonsdale Cemetery
Authuille, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0400963, 2.6813080

21. Blighty Valley Cemetery
Authuille, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0334549, 2.6690609

22. Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension
Aveluy, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0255330, 2.6563230

23. Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery
Bouzincourt, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0283508, 2.6205201

24. Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery
Bouzincourt, Departement de la Somme, France
Coordinate: 50.0283928, 2.6076419

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