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Dragon Memorial, Mametz Wood

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AuthorLindsay, Kate
TitleDragon Memorial, Mametz Wood
NotesThe Welsh Dragon Memorial commemorates the attacks on Mametz wood by the Welsh battalions in the period 7th to 12th July 1916. The dragon is facing portion of Mametz Wood which was attacked by the 13th, 14th, 15th 16th battalions of the Royal Welch Fusiliers of the 38th (Welsh) Division as they descended from the cliff across Happy Valley on 10th July 1916.
Item Date10th July 2008
Creation placeMametz Wood, Somme (Google Maps)
File typeImage
Item sourcePhotograph
Item mediumDigital image
ContentPhotograph
KeywordsCommemoration, Casualties of War, Somme
Repository nameThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Repository address
13 Banbury Road
Oxford
OX2 6NN
UK
Repository URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit
CataloguerKate Lindsay
FilenameCXTPROPHOTOS - 69.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/5455