On this Memorial Day in Newfoundland and Labrador officials are marking the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. On the morning of July 1st, 1916 hundreds of Newfoundlanders prepared for battle in the trenches of World War I. By the next day almost all of them would be gone. The first day of the Battle of the Somme was devastating for the Newfoundland Regiment at Beaumont Hamel. Nearly 800 people were involved in the advance that mornin…
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