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Walking the Somme: Hawthorn Ridge

Walking the Somme: Hawthorn Ridge

Season 1 Episode 4 Published 5 years, 10 months ago
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In this episode we walk the battlefields of the Somme, taking a journey from Auchonvillers up onto the Hawthorn Ridge near Beaumont-Hamel, where the fighting raged on 1st July 1916, the First Day of the Somme. We learn about a young officer, Eric Heaton, and visit a small battlefield cemetery where comrades lay side by side: Hawthorn Ridge No 1.

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