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N.L.'s loss, sacrifice at Beaumont-Hamel remembered on both sides of the Atlantic — 110 years later

More than a century after Newfoundland and Labrador soldiers far from home in northern France lost their lives, their sacrifice is still being honoured.

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More than a century after Newfoundland and Labrador soldiers far from home in northern France lost their lives, their sacrifice is still being honoured. On July 1, 1916, the Battle of the Somme campaign, a co-ordinated British and French offensive, commenced and went on to become one of the bloodiest days in the First World War. The Royal Newfoundland Regiment fought on the first day at the Battle of Beaumont-Hamel. The site of the battlefield is now the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial. In solemn silence during the ceremony, dignitaries laid wreaths at the base of the monument in a steady procession, including Princess Anne in her role as colonel-in-chief for the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. In her remarks, Princess Anne saidthe human tragedy" unfolded at the site on July 1, 1916.

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From the storyMore than a century after Newfoundland and Labrador soldiers far from home in northern France lost their lives, their sacrifice is still being honoured.

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