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	The Newfoundland Beaumont Hamel Memorial
		In the Beaumont Hamel Memorial Park, which was officially opened by Earl Haig on June 7, 1925, the monument of the great bronze caribou, emblem of the Regiment, stands on the highest point overlooking the site of the St. John's Road and the slopes beyond.
		It was at Beaumont Hamel, on July 1, 1916, the opening day of the Battle of the Somme, that the Newfoundland Regiment fought its first engagement in France - and its costliest of the whole war.
		The largest of the battlefield parks established in memory of Newfoundlanders who died in the First World War is in France at beaumont Hamel, nine kilometres directly north of the town of Albert.
	www.cdli.ca /beaumont/beaumont.htm (264 words)

	hamel
		Beaumont village was captured by British troops in November, 1916, but Hamel was in British occupation from the summer of 1915, until the 27th March, 1918.
		Hamel Military Cemetery was begun by fighting units and Field Ambulances in August, 1915, and carried on until June, 1917; and a few further burials were made in Plot II, Row F, after the capture of the village in 1918.
		Continue for 5 kilometres until you reach Hamel village where the military cemetery is on your immediate left.
	www.ww1cemeteries.com /ww1frenchcemeteries/hamel.htm (228 words)

	Beaumont Hamel Newfoundland Memorial - Veterans Affairs Canada
		With the German withdrawal in March 1917 to the Hindenburg (or Siegfried) line, about thirty kilometres from Beaumont Hamel, the battlefield salvage parties moved in, many dugouts were closed off and initial efforts were probably made to restore some of the land to agriculture.
		Of the five memorials established in France and Belgium in memory of major actions fought by the 1st Battalion of the Newfoundland Regiment, the largest is the thirty hectare site at Beaumont-Hamel, nine kilometres north of the town of Albert.
		Then, as the final act in the Somme battles, on November 13, 1916, with the opening of the Battle of the Ancre, Beaumont Hamel was assaulted by the 51
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /general/sub.cfm?source=memorials/ww1mem/beaumonthamel (3459 words)

	Canada Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Newfoundland and Labrador, 1 July is also recognised as Memorial Day and commemorates Newfoundland's heavy losses during World War I in the Battle of Beaumont Hamel as part of the Battle of the Somme.
		Quebec also has Moving Day on 1 July, due to the fact that most leases there begin and end on that day, with many people changing residences.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canada_Day (274 words)

	Wellington Scottish Pipes and Drums
		Beaumont Hamel was part of the great Battle of the Somme in 1916 but, according to one authority, "The Taking of Beaumont Hamel" commemorates a lighter moment in this gruesome chapter of the War.
		Beaumont Hamel is also significant owing to the work of Geoffrey Malins, the official British Cinematographer, who filmed many of the events around Beaumont Hamel and included them in his 1916 film "The Battle of the Somme".
		A piper, lieutenant, and sergeant (no, it’s not a joke…) found themselves in the invidious position of being cut off behind enemy lines at one end of the village of Beaumont Hamel, while on the other side of the town the Regiment was attacking the Germans holding it.
	www.wspd.wellington.net.nz /music/beaumont.htm (433 words)

	V O R T E X 3: Publications and on-line Papers / Conferences
		The Beaumont Hamel Newfoundland Memorial is a 16.5 hectare (40 acres) tract of preserved battleground dedicated to the memory of the 1st Newfoundland Regiment who suffered an extremely high percentage of casualties during the first day of the Battle of the Somme in July 1916.
		Beaumont Hamel Memorial is an extremely complex landscape of commemoration where Newfoundland, Canadian, Scottish and British imperial associations compete for prominence.
		By focussing on the Beaumont Hamel memorial site the author explores several areas of contention: historical accuracy, topographical legibility and freedom of access.
	www.uwe.ac.uk /amd/vortex/hamel.htm (308 words)

	ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
		On 3 September a further attack was delivered between Hamel and Beaumont-Hamel and on 13 and 14 November, the 51st (Highland), 63rd (Royal Naval), 39th and 19th (Western) Divisions finally succeeded in capturing Beaumont-Hamel, Beaucourt-sur-Ancre and St. Pierre-Divion.
		Following the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line in the spring of 1917, V Corps cleared this battlefield and created a number of cemeteries, of which Ancre British Cemetery (then called Ancre River No 1 British Cemetery, V Corps Cemetery No. 26) was one.
	www.geocities.com /bcnames2000/ancr.html (260 words)

	Beaumont Hamel
		Beaumont Hamel from the Sunken Lane (or Hunter's Trench as it became from 1st July 1916).
		The end of the path (running to Beaumont Hamel Military Cemetery) marks the approximate area where so many men were killed and maimed when they struggled down the remblai into the wire, all the while in the direct view of the German machine gunners.
		The target, Beaumont village, the church spire of which can be seen between the trees, was protected by the Bern Werk strong point which was located in the trees, left-foreground.
	www.oceanvillas-tearooms.com /beaumont.htm (174 words)

	President's Report 2000-2001 - Video
		A detailed map of France, a lunch and some water are essential, for Beaumont Hamel is in the middle of nowhere and there are no buses or restaurants.
		For Newfoundland and Labrador, the Battle of Beaumont Hamel in July 1916, remains one of the most painful episodes of World War I, claiming the lives of more than 700 men.
		The next morning it was still raining as we took the twenty-minute train from Amiens to Albert (pronounced "Al-bear"), the closest town to the Newfoundland park at Beaumont Hamel.
	www.mun.ca /2001report/index.php?includefile=menu/video.php§ion=12&includefile1=content/video/hamel1.html (1194 words)

	Commemorations of The Somme
		Beaumont Hamel and Auchonvillers are really just small settlements built up around country road-junctions But some villages are even smaller that that - just a few houses and farmhouses stretching for a short distance on either side of the road.
		On a high plinth, overlooking the ravine, his strong face turned for ever in the direction of Beaumont Hamel, stands the huge bronze statue of a kilted Scottish soldier, the memorial to the 51st Highland Division.
		The cemeteries have their deliberately-planted trees and the large trees of the Newfoundland Memorial Park, together with the nearby clump marking the Hawthorn Redoubt mine crater are a notable landmark and orientation point, standing on their high ground and visible from most parts of this area.
	www.gwpda.org /memoir/somme.html (19952 words)

	Battle of Beaumont Hamel - NewfoundlandandLabrador.com
		To honour the memory of the Newfoundlanders who fought at Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916, an interpretation centre is being built at the battle site in Beaumont Hamel, France.
		Beaumont Hamel Memorial Park is a Canadian National Historic Site.
		So began the Battle of Beaumont Hamel on July 1, 1916.
	www.newfoundlandlabrador.com /history/beaumont-hamel.asp (616 words)

	Newfoundland Regiment: The Somme, 1916
		In the Beaumont Hamel area, this meant a 5,000-metre advance for the 29th Division.
		An enemy shell bursting at Beaumont Hamel, 1916.
		The 86th and 87th Brigades were to lead off the advance securing the First Line while the 88th, with its leading battalions, the Essex and the Newfoundland Regiment were to attack, under artillery cover, the German positions on the Beaucourt Road.
	www.heritage.nf.ca /greatwar/articles/somme.html (1804 words)

	Joyce Kennedy's Album: Beaumont Hamel - Royal Newfoundland Memorial
		Today, a visit to Beaumont Hamel with its magnificent Caribou monument, trenches, shell holes and three cemeteries is a "Must See" stop for all pilgrims to the Western Front.
		By the time of their assault near the village of Beaumont Hamel things were already amiss.
		Their 1st Battalion, attached to the 29th Division of the British Army, attacked with the second wave on the the First Day of the Somme on July 1, 1916.
	www.canadagoose.net /alb_bh.htm (312 words)

	Beaumont - Central Newfoundland Tourism Guide
		On the western side of the Island is the harbour of Lushes Bight; on the eastern, the inlet of Cutwell Arm, containing the communities of Beaumont South and Beaumont Central; and on the northeast corner, Beaumont North, in Ward Harbour.
		Census indicate that the population for the Island had increased to 679 by 1935 -- 223 at Lushes Bight, 304 at Beaumont South, and 152 at Beaumont North -- and gradually declined thereafter.
		(In 1980 Long Island Academy at Beaumont South became an all grade school.) Another factor in the population decline was the lack of modern conveniences.
	www.centralnewfoundland.com /beaumont.php3 (704 words)

	BEAUMONT HAMEL
		In a copy of that newspaper there is a map showing the Beaumont Hamel area.
		The Beaumont Hamel to Beaucourt-sur-l’Ancre road lies just behind the camera – Beaucourt being to the right of the picture.
		Owen told his mother that he could even pick out the identical dot on the map where he spent his time in the freezing cold of the front line.
	www.1914-18.co.uk /owen/beaumonthamel.htm (588 words)

	Battlefields
		November Beaumont Hamel fell - it also was supposed to fall on 1st July.
		September Thiepval fell - it had been planned for Day One in July.
	sol.ultralab.anglia.ac.uk /pages/schools_onLine/schools/hinchingbrooke/btl/btlbeaumont1.html (218 words)

	BEAUMONT HAMEL: SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2002
		beaumont hamel, get stabbed, not enough bullets, emo, hardcore, mach tiver
	beaumonthamel.cjb.net (11 words)

	Voices from the Fields: Sketches: Part 5, Ulster Memorial Tower, Beaumont Hamel
		But some of the grimmest photos of the War show Beaumont Hamel, reduced to rubble, the church leveled, the cemetery and its dead up-churned, everything mud and wire and death.
		Our final stop of the day before we located our hotel and got some much-needed shut-eye was a vista overlooking the valley wherein the little village of Beaumont Hamel is nestled -- serene, pretty in the sun and wind that had now cleared off the clouds and drizzle.
		We would explore the area around Beaumont Hamel tomorrow.
	www.geocities.com /1stdragoon/ww1/files/s_bcp_wf_part5.html (438 words)

	Canada's Navy: HMCS FREDERICTON - News and Events
		It was at Beaumont Hamel that the Royal Newfoundland Regiment went into action 801 men strong and came out with 68 unwounded.
		Not every Canadian knows about the Battle of Beaumont Hamel, the opening day of the Battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916.
		As the parade wrapped up, it was obvious the crew - whether they were Newfoundlanders or not- held a lot of pride for the efforts of those valiant men at Beaumont Hamel.
	www.navy.dnd.ca /fredericton/news/ship_news_e.asp?x=1&id=202 (629 words)

	Chapter 8
		Enlisted, Sept. 21, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force Aug. 20, 191,5; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 9, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Sept. 13, 1916; Returned to B. Feb. 15, 1917; Rejoined Battalion, March 6, 1917; Killed in action, Monchy, April 14, 1917.
		Enlisted, Sept. 14, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 26, 1915; Invalided to England, Jan. 2, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 28, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Died of wounds, July 2, 1916.
		Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Evacuated to England, July 8, 1916; Lance Corporal, Nov. 16, 1916; Corporal, Jan. 17.
	ngb.chebucto.org /NFREG/First_500/chapter8.shtml (2690 words)

	Six Days On The Somme 1982: The Going Over The Top Experiment
		This is the Kilted Highlander at Beaumont Hamel Battlefield Memorial Park, which figures largely in my story.
		The next day we walked all around Beaumont Hamel, including the restored church.
		Built into it is a piece of the original glass, borne away by a German soldier as a souvenir, and returned out of a sense of guilt many years later.
	members.fortunecity.com /geoffi/Somme82a.htm (1785 words)

	Minister returns from Beaumont Hamel
		Minister Marshall accompanied a group of students and veterans from Newfoundland and Labrador to Beaumont Hamel last week to commemorate the 89th anniversary of the Battle of Somme.
		Rendell are sons of fathers who fought at Beaumont Hamel 89 years ago.
		Tom Marshall, Minister responsible for Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of Justice and Attorney General, said today visiting Beaumont Hamel was a highly emotional experience.
	www.releases.gov.nl.ca /releases/2005/just/0707n01.htm (474 words)

	Y Ravine Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel, 1989
		This cemetery is located within Newfoundland's memorial park near Beaumont and Hamel in France.
		In this cemetery the headstones of the Newfoundlanders were engraved with the woodland caribou, the badge of their regiment.
		The park commemorates the Newfoundland men who were killed in WWI.
	www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca /galwareur1/yravine.html (44 words)

	News and Press Releases
		We are here at Beaumont Hamel today with feelings of awe and of reverence.
		I am delighted to be here representing the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador and as Patron of the Friends of Beaumont-Hamel.
		Address by The Honourable Arthur M. House, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland& Labrador at the 85th Anniversary of the Battle of Beaumont-Hamel & Official Opening of Beaumont-Hamel Visitor Centre
	www.mun.ca /govhouse/news-jul1_01.html (971 words)

	Family Remembrance
		On 3rd September a further attack was delivered between Hamel and Beaumont-Hamel.
	freespace.virgin.net /webmaster.tbl/page95.html (274 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Beaumont Hamel (Battleground Europe S.): Books
		Beaumont Hamel was not captured until November 13th 1916.
		Buy Beaumont Hamel (Battleground Europe S.) with Thiepval (Battleground Europe S.) today!
		However, you can buy it new from our Marketplace sellers.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0850523982 (610 words)

	Ypres & The Somme
		Beaumont Hamel- the trees are growing out of a crater created by the Hawthorn mine on 1 July 1916.
		Beaumont Hamel - Looking out from Hawthorn Cemetery 1 over "No Man's Land."
		Aubers Ridge - German Blockhouse in farm field.
	www.tnovosel.org /2002Photos.htm (563 words)

	Amazon.ca: Beaumont Hamel: Somme: Books
		Beaumont Hamel was the Somme sector assigned as an objective to the independent-minded professional-class reservists of the London Division in 1916; they achieved better results than their more conservative comrades of the Regular Army.
		Look for books like Beaumont Hamel: Somme by subject:
		This "Battleground Europe" book contains all the detail, on the battle and the battlefield as it is today, that the series is famous for.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0850523982 (194 words)

	Commonwealth War Graves Commission
		At the crossroads in the village centre, follow the signs for 'Newfoundland Park, Beaumont Hamel'.
		On leaving Serre Les Puisieux, 3 kilometres further along the D919, turn left following the signs for Auchonvillers.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /Members/tom.paterson/paterson/CharlesMcWPaterson.htm (303 words)

	Beaumont-Hamel and the battle of the Somme: The Newfoundland Regiment
		The dip is well shown by the spire of Beaumont Hamel Church; centre right
		As part of VIII Corps the Division was ordered to attack from the front line trenches to the east of Auchonvillers, on the northern side of the River Ancre.
		Looking towards the area attacked by the 29th Division from New Munich Trench Cemetery
	www.webmatters.net /france/ww1_beaumont.htm (517 words)

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