REMEMBRANCE DAY 2011 - BEAUMONT-HAMEL, The Somme: 2010

In May 2010, a young woman visits Beaumont Hamel Memorial in memory of her family and major actions fought by the 1st Battalion of the Newfoundland Regiment.

Beaumont Hamel is thirty hectare site nine kilometres north of the town of Albert, France. This site commemorates all Newfoundlanders who fought in the Great War, particularly those who have no known grave. The site was officially opened by Field Marshal Earl Haig on June 7, 1925.

On a mound, surrounded by rock and shrubs native to Newfoundland, there stands a great bronze caribou, the emblem of the Newfoundland Regiment. Situated close to the Headquarters dugout of the 88th Brigade, of which the 1st Battalion, Newfoundland Regiment was a part, the Caribou nobly faces in the direction of the former foe, overlooking the trenches and ground across which the Battalion advanced on July 1, 1916.

At the base of the mound, three bronze tablets carry the names of 820 members of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve, and the Mercantile Marines who gave their lives in the First World War and have no known grave. [It should be noted that several of these have been subsequently found and buried in nearby Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.]

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[20130807]

My dad knew a soldier who was sent over the top in that battle he sied when he jumped into the germen trench all he seen were young men he stabe them shot them and when he sied this he broke doun in tires but he knew it was a order it was a duty it was a fight to defend Newfoundland God Bless Newfoundland and the RNR may you rest in peace

[Litterboxer529]

My dad's grandfather was on the Somme with the RNR (Royal Newfoundland Regiment).

[yeppersmichaelscott]

yeppers. you make me cry

[0088hyper8800]

great

[eatacowdogpig]

wow. wish i was there

[hootbootwoot]

look like you guys had an amazing trip.

[rustypooper]

nice

[runningproud1]

awesome vid! 

[bustitoutloud]

beautiful