Top Things to do in Beaumont-Hamel
The 10 Best Things to do in Beaumont-Hamel, Hauts-de-France
Discover the best top things to do in Beaumont-Hamel, France including Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, Redan Ridge Cemetery No.2, Redan Ridge Cemetery No.3, Newfoundland Memorial, Ancre British Cemetery, Y Ravine Cemetery, Waggon Road Cemetery, New Munich Trench British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel British Cemetery, Redan Ridge Cemetery No.1.
1. Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
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5.0 based on 520 reviews
The Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial stands as an important symbol of remembrance and a lasting tribute to all Newfoundlanders who served during the First World War. At the heart of the memorial stands a great bronze caribou (the emblem of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment). Its defiant gaze forever fixed towards its former foe, the caribou stands watch over rolling fields that still lay claim to many men with no known final resting place.
Reviewed By 750dimitrisl - Sydney, Australia
The Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial is a large area commemorating the fallen soldiers of a Canadian force and Canadian soldiers in general, who died during World War I. There several cemeteries and memorials in this area. This particular memorial features the caribou, made in bronze, which was the emblem of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment.
2. Redan Ridge Cemetery No.2
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
There are now over 250, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 100 are unidentified. All fell (with one exception) in July and November 1916, and belonged to the 4th, 29th and 2nd Divisions.
3. Redan Ridge Cemetery No.3
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
There are now over 50, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, half are unidentified and 13 graves which were destroyed by shell fire, are now represented by special memorials. The great majority of these officers and men fell in November, 1916, and belonged to the 2nd Division.
4. Newfoundland Memorial
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5.0 based on 13 reviews
Reviewed By TopTraveller18 - Four Marks, United Kingdom
The head of the memorial looks out across the battlefield in the direction of where the soldiers fought and died for their country. It is a very touching Memorial and helps you realise the horrors of the battle of the Somme in the area and how courageously those who were there fought.
5. Ancre British Cemetery
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4.5 based on 10 reviews
There are now 2,540 Commonwealth casualties of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 1,335 of the graves are unidentified, but special memorials commemorate 43 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. There are also special memorials to 16 casualties known to have been buried in other cemeteries, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.
6. Y Ravine Cemetery
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4.5 based on 31 reviews
There are now over 400, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over a third are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 53 soldiers (or sailors or Marines) from the United Kingdom and eight from Newfoundland, known or believed to be buried among them.
Reviewed By Starkreality1
Visiting the 51st Highland Division memorial and visited this relatively small graveyard. Happened to see a 4th Seaforth with quite a high regimental number. Checked my records and my Grandfather Sgt Angus Cameron 2/4th Seaforth's trained private H. Diggle in December 1915. Sadly less than 1 year later he would be killed by shellfire a few days before the battle for Beaumont Hamel.
7. Waggon Road Cemetery
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
Waggon Road Cemetery (originally V Corps Cemetery No.10) contains 195 First World War burials (36 unidentified), 46 of them belonging to the 11th Battalion the Border Regiment, which attacked in the Ancre in both July and November 1916.
8. New Munich Trench British Cemetery
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
There are now nearly 150, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, almost 20 are unidentified. All fell in the period November 1916, or January 1917, and the majority belonged to the 10/11th, 16th or 17th Highland Light Infantry.
Reviewed By Starkreality1
Remembering the 51st Highland Division and in particular the 4th Seaforth's who reached here in the taking of Beaumont Hamel. The graves meticulousy kept by the CWGC.
9. Beaumont-Hamel British Cemetery
10. Redan Ridge Cemetery No.1
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1 reviews
There are now over 150, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly half are unidentified. Most belonged (with few exceptions) to the 4th Division, which attacked between Beaumont-Hamel and Serre on the 1st July 1916, or to the 2nd, which gained ground here on the 13th November 1916.
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