50.083977,2.656676

POI Descriptive Title BEAUMONT-HAMEL NEWFOUNDLAND MEMORIAL

Latitude 50.083977

Longitude 2.656676

POI Historical Details
The Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, in the Somme region of northern France, commemorates soldiers from the Newfoundland Regiment who died during a failed and deadly attack on German lines during the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, during the First World War. Newfoundland joined the British Allies as an independent dominion, long before its becoming Canada's tenth province of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1949. Some 710 Newfoundlands were killed or wounded during the battle. Just 68 survivors responded to roll call the next day.

Today, the nearby village of Beaumont-Hamel is home to some 200 French citizens.