Somme Battlefield, France. Auchonvillers Trenches.

Somme Battlefield, France.
Somme WW1 Battlefield, July 1st-November 1916, France. Auchonvillers Trenches. February 2014
Seen here: Avril Williams shines a light on the memorial to 16 year old James Crozier who was shot at dawn on the 27th of February 1916 for desertion. Young James from Belfast signed up into the British Army in 1914 and served on the western front from October 1915. He was found behind the lines wandering the countryside between Beaumont Hamel and Serre arrested, tried and executed. The doctor in the Royal Army Mediacal Corps pronounced James fit and able, even though he was suffering from shell shock. James was pardoned in 2008. He is buried in Sucrerie CWGC Cemetery on the Somme.
The Memorial in the cellar of 'Ocean Villers' was carved by a stretcher bearer in 1916.
View of the well preserved WW1 trenches owned by Avril Williams ( seen here ) at her 'Ocean Villas' ( as re named by the British soldiers based here in WW1 ) Tea Rooms and Guest House at Auchonvillers, Beaumont-Hamel on the Somme Battlefield. The Trenches, discovered in the 1990's. lead to an underground basement shelter used as a front line medical station.
The Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme, German: Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British and French empires against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the River Somme in France. It was one of the largest battles of World War I, in which more than 1,000,000 men were wounded or killed, making it one of the bloodiest battles in human history. The main part of the offensive was to be made by the French Army, supported on the northern flank by the Fourth Army of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF).
When the German Army began the Battle of Verdun on the Meuse on 21 February 1916, many French divisions intended for the Somme were diverted and the supporting attack by the British b

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Somme Battlefield, France.<br />
Somme WW1 Battlefield, July 1st-November 1916, France. Auchonvillers Trenches. February 2014<br />
Seen here: Avril Williams shines a light on the memorial to 16 year old James Crozier who was shot at dawn on the 27th of February 1916 for desertion. Young James from Belfast signed up into the British Army in 1914 and served on the western front from October 1915. He was found behind the lines wandering the countryside between Beaumont Hamel and Serre arrested, tried and executed. The doctor in the Royal Army Mediacal Corps pronounced James fit and able, even though he was suffering from shell shock. James was pardoned in 2008. He is buried in Sucrerie CWGC Cemetery on the Somme. <br />
The Memorial in the cellar of 'Ocean Villers' was carved by a stretcher bearer in 1916.<br />
View of the well preserved WW1 trenches owned by Avril Williams ( seen here ) at her 'Ocean Villas' ( as re named by the British soldiers based here in WW1 ) Tea Rooms and Guest House at Auchonvillers, Beaumont-Hamel on the Somme Battlefield. The Trenches, discovered in the 1990's. lead to an underground basement shelter used as a front line medical station.<br />
The Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme, German: Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British and French empires against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the River Somme in France. It was one of the largest battles of World War I, in which more than 1,000,000 men were wounded or killed, making it one of the bloodiest battles in human history. The main part of the offensive was to be made by the French Army, supported on the northern flank by the Fourth Army of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF).<br />
When the German Army began the Battle of Verdun on the Meuse on 21 February 1916, many French divisions intended for the Somme were diverted and the supporting attack by the British b