the somme to ypres

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hers a load of photoes from trips ive taken to the somme and ypers over the past few years.i havn't seen anyone post many pics on the first world war so here they are.
the first pic is of a load of used and un-exploded shells

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lets hope this guy has house insurance

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don't play with things like this if you come across them

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i found this interesting.its a miniture tank just outside poziers which has been hit by a bullet during the second world war

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a full picture of the said monument

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this plaque commemorates the life of george nugent who's remains were found on the lip of lochnager crater in poziers village in july 2000

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a view across lochnager crater.the hole left from the explosion is truely amazing

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this stuff is lying around everywhere

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the remains of poziers windmill.the australians fought up from albert to take what was left of it.they lost more men in this battle than antwhere else on the western front

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the memorial to the australians who died in the battle for poziers

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this is the butte de warlencort a hevily fortified ancient mound which was in german hands.you can still see dugouts and remains of the shelters in the undergrowth

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the plaque on the site of the mound

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the famous red dragon which overlooks mametz wood where the welsh devision fought

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a view across death valley towards the wood

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here's an interesting shot of men in the sunken lane just outside beumont hammel.1916 just before they were all killed by a mortor round