Displaying items by tag: 21st Division
Saturday, 14 January 2012 19:55
Bazentin-le-Petit
On 14 July 1916 at 03.25 twenty thousand men of the 3rd and 7th Divisions moved forward up Caterpillar Valley to attack Delville Wood, whilst the 21st Division advanced on and captured Bazentin-le-Petit Wood.
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Martinpuich, Bazentin, High Wood, Longueval
Thursday, 13 October 2011 19:45
Fricourt British Cemetery
On June 30, 1916 Fricourt was just inside the German front line. It was attacked on 1 July, 1916 by the 17th Division. By the end of that day it was caught between the 17th Division to its west, the 21st to the north and the 7th Division to the south. The village was occupied by the 17th Division on 2 July 1916.
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Fricourt and Mametz
