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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Allies > French > (130) X.34011 - War memorial for Newfoundland soldiers |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74466411 |
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| Description | War memorial for Newfoundland soldiers at Beaumont Hamel, France, during World War I. This monument of a caribou at Beaumont Hamel, France, is dedicated to the Newfoundland soldiers who lost their lives on the first day of the Battle of the Somme: July 1st, 1916. Below the caribou, which is draped in a British flag, stand a group of dignitaries. Included in this group are Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig (1861-1928) and French General, Marie Fayolle (1852-1928). The identity of the photographer is not clear, though it could be someone called 'Biard'. Although a number of war monuments were raised to honour soldiers from Newfoundland, the one at Beaumont Hamel, France, is the most famous. The memorial was designed by landscape architect, R.H.K. Cochius (the designer of Bowring Park in St. John's), and cost approximately £1,000 to build. Even today, the first of July is still commemorated as Beaumont Hamel Day in Newfoundland. [Original reads: 'Beaumont Hamel. Le monument eleve a la memoire des soldats de Terre Neuve. Discours de Mr. Benett. a ses cotes: Mr. D.Haig. Mr.Fayolle. ph.Ch.Biard Paris.'] |
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| Description | Photographs from the Haig "Official Photographs" series with French Press Stamps or of France and the French. |
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| Description | Photographs of various nationalities allied to the British. |
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| Description | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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