The 29th Division, known as the Incomparable Division, was an infantry division of the British Army, formed in early 1915 by combining various Regular Army units that had been acting as garrisons arou
King George V inspects the 29th Division at Dunchurch, 12 March 1915.
Headquarters of the 29th Division at Cape Helles.
Wiring party of the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers going up to the trenches, Beaumont Hamel, France, July 1916. Note a trench pump in the foreground.
Tommies of the 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment resting by the roadside near Aveluy, France, September 1916.
Beaumont-Hamel
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Beaumont-Hamel is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
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…Egypt for several weeks before being sent to France in March. Somme Wiring party of the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers going up to the trenches, Beaumont Hamel, France, July 1916. Note a trench pump in the foreground. Passing through the Mediterranean port of Marseilles the 29th Division arrived in the rear…
The monument to the dead, in Beaumont-Hamel
Beaumont Hamel Dedication Ceremony to Newfoundland Regiment
The fields around Beaumont-Hamel after the Battle of the Somme.