Unveiling of information panels at Bazentin and Contalmaison

Three information panels will be unveiled on 30 October at the sites of the recently rededicated memorials to Houston Wallace and the Nine Brave Men at Bazentin, and to Francis ('Toby') Dodgson at Contalmaison. A memorial bench for the Dodgson brothers will also be unveiled.

• 2pm – Bazentin town hall

• 3pm – Contalmaison town hall

• 4pm – Reception, Contalmaison town hall

French officials, local mayors and two relatives of Francis Dodgson will attend.

The event is organised by the Michael Admiraal Military History Fund, the private fund of WFA Trustee Michèl Admiraal, which also funded the restoration of the memorials.

See also: Houston Wallace and Nine Brave Men memorial rededications (2025) and Rededication of the Francis Dodgson Memorial (2026).