WW1 Revisited
A Great War Journey with Paul Reed
WW1 Revisited
Follow military historian, battlefield guide and author Paul Reed as he travels along the crisscross paths of the Great War on battlefields from Flanders to the Somme, and beyond to Verdun and the Vosges. From 2019 the site will include details of many British cemeteries and memorials along the Old Front Line.
This photograph was taken in early evening light, during the summer of 2012. Courcelette British Cemetery is located in the heart of the Somme battlefields close to the village which was captured by Canadian troops on 15th September 1916. There are 1,970 graves in the cemetery of which 1,180 are unidentified. The majority of burials are Australians from the fighting at Pozieres and Mouquet Farm, and Canadians from Courcelette and Regina Trench…. Read More
Thiepval was one of the largest villages on the Department of the Somme before 1914. It sat on a long ridge-line and was dominated by a substantial chateau which employed a large number of estate workers. The German advance reached Thiepval in September 1914 and it became part of the battlefield for much of the rest of the war. Assaulted by British troops on 1st July 1916, it would take until 26th… Read More
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