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File:Lancashire Fusiliers trench Beaumont Hamel 1916.jpg

Lancashire_Fusiliers_trench_Beaumont_Hamel_1916.jpg ‎(600 × 417 pixels, file size: 130 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
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IWM caption : Battle of Albert : Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers fixing bayonets prior to the attack on Beaumont Hamel. They are wearing ‘fighting order’, with the haversack in place of the pack, and with the rolled groundsheet strapped to the belt below the mess-tin which contained rations. The officer in the foreground (right) is wearing other ranks’ uniform to be less conspicuous. Comment : Trench sign indicates 'King St'
Date 1 July 1916
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