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| IJ Sunken Lane March 2023 |
On the 1st July 1916 the 29th division were tasked to capture Beaumont Hamel. On the left were the 86th Brigade which included the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. A sap was dug from the front line to a sunken lane.
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| View from Sunken Lane towards Beaumont Hamel |
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| Beaumont Hamel Bombardment 1st July 1916 |
Prior to Zero Hour, the 1st Lancashire Fusiliers moved forward into the Sunken Lane in order to be closer to the enemy lines when the assault began.
Lieutenant Malins filmed the events from a sunken lane.
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| 1st Lancashire Fusiliers Sunken Lane 1st July 1916 |
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| Sunken Lane March 2023 |
A commemoration stone remembers the men of the 1st Lancashire Fusiliers who left the
Sunken Lane at 07:30 to attack Beaumont Hamel.
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| Sunken Lane Lancashire Fusilier Memorial |
The Battalion would loose 165 men killed, 312 wounded and 11 missing presumed dead.
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| Remnants of 1st Lancashire Fusiliers roll call 1st July 1916 |