Featured A century after the Somme

RIP and bless them all.

 

And up here...... The Newfoundland Regiment !!

BEAUMONT - HAMEL & the Danger Tree !!!!!

http://www.heritage.nf.ca/first-world-war/articles/beaumont-hamel-en.php

 

God Bless them all !

 

So sad and so unnecessary.

 

I'd call it downright stupid, if it weren't so tragic. Parts of Europe lost an entire generation of men in that war.

 

Sounds like something I would have done too. The guy deserved to be remembered, but there wasn't anyone else left.

 

This the first I have learned of this history and celebrations. Thank you, Dave.

Can't help but think of my dear almost-forgotten Uncle Antonio. Unbeknownst to any of us he had been in/near the Battle of the Bulge, had been captured and was a POW for a time, before the end of the war apparently brought him home. He lived the rest of his life quietly and humbly, like so many did, I'm sure. And thanks again to all here who helped me find all that out. His family was preparing to discard the few little relics he had left behind before people here helped me discover and remember his story.

Shout out to Tio Antonio.

For all those lost in the Somme Offensive, I would wish them remembrance.

 

Many dead, little gained.
Trench warfare as a "brilliant" strategy combined with chemical weapons and heavy artillery were stupid unneccesary and yielded no results apart from depopulating many countries. Western front was pure horror fueled by military ignorance.

 

Wow! So beautiful and sad at the same time.

 

Excellent!
I get that 100%.

 

My great uncles (my paternal grandmother's brothers) died a bit later, at Bois de Consenvoye, France, 8 October 1918, at the beginning of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

As others have said, "what a waste".

-C-

 

My grandfather was in that too, as a cook with a machine gun batallion. He started out with lots of cook pots and ended up with lots of collendars, but Grandpa himself came through with no holes. The trench warfare stuff ... waste is an understatement. I'd have lined the generals up who came up with that idea and shot them, no matter whose uniform they were wearing.

 

Thanks for sharing this Dave!
In post #6 where is the first photo from?