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Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial

French: Memorial terre-neuvien de Beaumont-Hamel

Type: Battle site

Travel Genus: Sight
Sight Category: Site

Theme Group: Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)

As Noted In: National Historic Site of Canada, Parks Canada
As Noted In: World Heritage List - Contributor, UNESCO

Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial is a World War I battlefield located south of the village of Beaumont-Hamel in the Somme department of Hauts-de-France. The monument is a tribute to all Newfoundlanders who served in The Great War. The 30 hectares of battleground includes well-preserved trenches, a bronze caribou monument designed by Basil Gotto and three cemeteries. - AsNotedIn

Y/M/D	Person	Association	Description	Composition	Food	Event
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1916/07/01			The Newfoundland Regiment is slaughtered by German fire as they move through No Man's land, the communication trenches are already full of wounded. Of the 780 men, only about 110 survive. The unit as a whole suffers a casualty rate of 90 percent.			Battle of the Somme
1916/07/02			Royal Newfoundland Regiment's 68 remaining soldiers report for roll call. The regiment consisted of 780 able men only the day before.			Battle of the Somme
1925/00/00			Designed by landscape-architect Rudolph H K Cochius, the Newfoundland Memorial is inaugurated by Field-Marshal Douglas Haig, commander of the British Expeditionary Force during the Battle of the Somme.

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1916/07/01

The Newfoundland Regiment is slaughtered by German fire as they move through No Man's land, the communication trenches are already full of wounded. Of the 780 men, only about 110 survive. The unit as a whole suffers a casualty rate of 90 percent.

Battle of the Somme

1916/07/02

Royal Newfoundland Regiment's 68 remaining soldiers report for roll call. The regiment consisted of 780 able men only the day before.

Battle of the Somme

1925/00/00

Designed by landscape-architect Rudolph H K Cochius, the Newfoundland Memorial is inaugurated by Field-Marshal Douglas Haig, commander of the British Expeditionary Force during the Battle of the Somme.