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Seeing The Past - Seeing the past

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Rising from the quiet countryside of the Somme, the Thiepval Memorial stands as one of the most powerful reminders of the First World War. Built to honour more than 72,000 British and South African soldiers who died in the Battle of the Somme and have no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memori...


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Situated above the rolling fields of northern France, the Newfoundland Memorial Park invites visitors to step into a place of quiet remembrance and lasting meaning. It was here that the Battle of the Somme began on July 1st, 1916, marking a defining and tragic moment in history. Walking the preserved trenche...


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Buckler’s Hard has three historical phases; a proposed sugar town that failed, a shipbuilding yard initially providing ships for the Royal navy and a base for various things linked to World War Two but especially D Day.

Walking from the car park you suddenly come across this beautiful, unmodernised, Ge...


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