1 July 1916 — Somme, France
Coordinates: 50.08° N, 2.65° E
Beaumont-Hamel — The Tragedy of the Newfoundland Regiment
British III Corps (Lt. Gen Sir William Pulteney)
- Maj. Gen. Beauvoir de Lisle — 29th Division
- 88th Brigade — including the 1st Newfoundland Regiment, 1st Essex, and 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers
German VIII Corps (GenLt. Eduard von Bose)
- 26th Württemberg Reserve Division
- 119th (Reserve) Infantry Regiment, supported by deep dugouts, wire, and machine-gun networks
Website: http://www.tysk.org
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/c/thingsyoushouldknow
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThingsYSK
📚 Bibliography (Expanded & Linked)
Primary / official records
- At our heroes at the Somme — Federal Archives of Germany, Germany — Public Domain
- Imperial War Museums — Somme Collections
- Official History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1916
- Middlebrook, Martin. The First Day on the Somme
- Nicholson, G.W.L. The Fighting Newfoundlander
- National Archives (UK) — Unit war diaries, July 1916
- Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, Parks Canada
- Wikipedia contributors — “Battle of Beaumont-Hamel
⸻
🎵 Creative Commons Music
- “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary” – Traditional (Public Domain)
- Alternate: “Keep the Home Fires Burning” (1915, Public Domain)
⸻
🎵 Creative Commons Music
- “Mahmudiye March” (Traditional Ottoman military march, 19th c.) — Public Domain via IMSLP / Wikimedia Commons.
- Alternate: “British Infantry March in the East” — Public Domain, British Pathé archives.
- The British Grenadiers. Performed by The Bands of the Household Division.
- Released by Regimental Recordings, London.
- SoundCloud, track link: https://soundcloud.com/regimentalrecordings.
- This video may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in an effort to advance understanding of accounting, taxation, historical education, etc. we believe this constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.
Things You Should Know 