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Western Front Association Memorial on Riqueval Farm Bridge

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AuthorLee, S and Groves, P
TitleWestern Front Association Memorial on Riqueval Farm Bridge
NotesInscription reads 'On September 29 1918 the British 46th (North Midland) Division attacked the powerful defences of the Hindenburg Line A Company of the 6/North Staffordshire Regiment (137th Brigade) and a detachment of the Royal Engineers seized the Riqueval Farm Bridge, the last one left intact across the St Quentin Canal, an important feature of the German defences. This greatly assisted the forward flow of sappers to complete the successful storming of the Siegfried Position inaugurating the last chase of the victorious final offensive of the Allies which ended with the Armistice on November 11'.
Item Date22nd May 1997
Creation placeSt Quentin Canal, near Riqueval, France (Google Maps)
File typeImage
Item sourcePhotograph
Item mediumPhotographic paper
ContentPhotograph
KeywordsCommemoration, Somme, Allied Forces
Collection IDistq2
Repository nameThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Repository address
13 Banbury Road
Oxford
OX2 6NN
UK
CataloguerJennifer Dunn
FilenameCXTPROJPHOistq2.JPG
CopyrightThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/3952