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| Newfoundland Regiment Memorial |
The heaviest casualties of any battalion during the first day of the Somme occurred just after 9:00 am. The 1st New Foundland Regiment advancing forward from the 3rd line position found the trenches full of dead and wounded soldiers, and had to move outside the trenches in the open, they sustained 710 casualties out of 800 men.
The New Foundland Park is maintained by the people of Canada. As well as a memorial to the Newfoundland’s, the park contains the trench systems of both the British and German lines.
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| British position viwed from German trenches |