51st (Highland) Division Monument (Beaumont-Hamel)

51st (Highland) Division Monument (Beaumont-Hamel)


51st Highland Division Memorial at Beaumont-Hamel
United Kingdom

The figure atop the 51st Highland Division Memorial
For The 51st (Highland) Division during the First World War
Unveiled 28 September 1924
Location Coordinates: 50°4′25″N 2°38′53″E / 50.07361°N 2.64806°E / 50.07361; 2.64806
near Beaumont-Hamel, France
Designed by George Henry Paulin
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The 51st (Highland) Division Memorial at Beaumont-Hamel is a memorial in France commemorating the soldiers of the 51st (Highland) Division killed during World War I. The memorial is located near Y Ravine on the 84-acre (340,000 m2) Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial site. This position had been the scene of the Division's first major victory on 13 November 1916 during the Battle of the Ancre, the closing stage of the Battle of the Somme.

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