RETURN In September 2011 a party of music-lovers visited the Somme under the auspices of Arts in Residence, to hear music by English composers who served there, and to see the battlefields where they fought. The hotel and some of the places visited are illustrated below.
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1 The party stayed at the Hotel le Prieure, Rancourt. |
2 At the Memorial Arch at Thiepval |
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1 The Canadian Memorial at Vimy Ridge |
2 A German War Cemetery at Vimy Ridge |
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5 An unexploded shell by the wayside |
6 The Sheffield Memorial Park (Serre) |
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7 Yorks and Lancs Memorial, (Serre) |
8 The Railway Cemetery (Serre) |
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9 Graves of the fallen of the Hampshire Regiment |
10 A trench (reconstructed) at Auchonvilliers |
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11 The Tank Regiment Memorial (Pozierres) |
12 In the Newfoundland Memorial Park at Beaumont Hamel |
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13 51st Scottish Division Memorial at Beaumont Hamel |
14 The Ulster Tower Memorial |
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15 The Thiepval Memorial from the rear |
16 The Devonshire Regiment Cemetery at Mansel Copse |
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