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At 30 hectares the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial is the largest of five Newfoundland memorial sites in France and Belgium.

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Sculptor Capt. Basil Gotto's caribou memorial design is believed to have been inspired in part by the iconic Newfoundland photograph "The Monarch of the Topsails".

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Captain Basil Gotto with his Caribou Sculpture, ca. 1921.

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Field Marshal, Earl Douglas Haig and Lt. Col. Thomas Nangle lay wreaths at Opening of Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, June 7, 1925.

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Opening of the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, France, June 7, 1925.

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The Caribou Memorial today. Visible in the background are some of the more than 5,000 trees native to Newfoundland that were planted along the boundaries of the site before its opening in 1925.

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Head thrown defiantly back and eyes fixed on its former foe, the Caribou Monument at the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial stands watch over rolling fields that still lay claim to many men with no known final resting place.

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Caribou Monument as seen from above.

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Plaques at the base of the Caribou Monument carry the names of some 820 members of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve and the Mercantile Marines who gave their lives in the First World War and whose final resting places were then unknown.

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The Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial remains one of the only places visitors can view preserved trench lines like those pictured here.

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More than 200 First World War casualties are buried at Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No. 2.

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On July 1, 1916, the Newfoundland Regiment formed part of the 88^th Brigade of the 29^th Division. The 29^th Division Monument at the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial reflects the shape of the red triangle worn on division shoulder patches to identify its members.

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Hunter's Cemetery is the final resting place for 40 members of the 51^st (Highland) Division who fell at Beaumont-Hamel and were buried together in a communal grave formed from a large shell-hole.

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Canadian Student Guide Shaundel Leamon, stands near the “danger tree” at the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial. This gnarled tree was nicknamed the “danger tree” by the Newfoundland troops as it marked the spot where many of them fell.

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Over 400 First World War casualties rest in Y-Ravine Cemetery.

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Welcome to the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial.

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Follow the signs toward Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial.