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Lochnagar Walkway Appeal
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For many battlefield tourists over the years, one of the 'must visit' places on the Somme is the Lochnagar Crater at La Boisselle. For generations of visitors this has been a site of historical importance, reflection and also an excellent place to view the 1 July battlefield from the German perspective. But it could have been different had the...
Hawthorn Ridge Crater Commemoration - 1st July 2025
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One of the most iconic sequences of film footage from the First World War is undoubtedly Geoffrey Malin's capture of the Hawthorn Redoubt Mine being detonated at 7.20am on 1st July 1916 and the subsequent failure of the attack made by the 29th Division in the Beaumont Hamel area. The annual commemoration ceremony will take place at Beaumont Hame...
Albert Civic Parade - 1st July 2025
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The annual civic parade will take place in Albert to commemorate the 109th Anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 2025 from around 6.30pm. The parade will form up at the Emile Leturcq Square in front of the town hall at 6.45pm and march for remembrance events at the Albert Communal Cemetery Extension at 7pm, the Carré Br...