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29th Division Memorial, Beaumont-Hamel Memorial Park

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29th Division Memorial, Beaumont-Hamel Memorial Park, 5 October 2002. (Ref 0203736) 29th Division Memorial, Beaumont-Hamel Memorial Park, 5 October 2002. (Ref 0203736)

Near the entrance to Beaumont-Hamel Memorial Park is situated a memorial to the 29th British Division, the division of which the Newfoundland Regiment was a part.

Lieutenant-General Beauvoir De Lisle, wartime commander of the 29th British Division, unveiled the monument the morning of the official opening of the site on the 7 June 1925.

Each wartime unit of the 29th British Division sent a representative to form a guard of honour for the occasion.  Afterwards, this detachment, joined by French infantry from Arras formed the honour guard for the unveiling of the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial.

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