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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry visit the Tower of London's Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red poppy installation
United Kingdom, London : Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry visit the "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" poppy installation in the moats around the Tower of London on 5 August, 2014. Historic Royal Palaces charity mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War by placing 888,246 ceramic poppies in the dry moat around the Tower, one for each British and Colonial soldier who was killed during the war.
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry visit the Tower of London's Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red poppy installation
UUnited Kingdom, London : Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry visit the "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" poppy installation in the moats around the Tower of London on 5 August, 2014. Historic Royal Palaces charity mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War by placing 888,246 ceramic poppies in the dry moat around the Tower, one for each British and Colonial soldier who was killed during the war.
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'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' poppy installation
United Kingdom, London : Yeomen Warders pose for a photograph in front of the "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" poppy installation in the moats around the Tower of London ahead of a visit from Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge on 5 August, 2014. Historic Royal Palaces charity mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War by placing 888,246 ceramic poppies in the dry moat around the Tower, one for each British and Colonial soldier who was killed during the war.
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'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' poppy installation
United Kingdom, London : Yeomen Warders pose for a photograph in front of the "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" poppy installation in the moats around the Tower of London ahead of a visit from Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge on 5 August, 2014. Historic Royal Palaces charity mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War by placing 888,246 ceramic poppies in the dry moat around the Tower, one for each British and Colonial soldier who was killed during the war.
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'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' poppy installation
United Kingdom, London : Yeomen Warders walk through the "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" poppy installation in the moats around the Tower of London ahead of a visit from Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge on 5 August, 2014. Historic Royal Palaces charity mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War by placing 888,246 ceramic poppies in the dry moat around the Tower, one for each British and Colonial soldier who was killed during the war.
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'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' poppy installation
United Kingdom, London : Yeomen Warders pose for a photograph in front of the "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" poppy installation in the moats around the Tower of London ahead of a visit from Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge on 5 August, 2014. Historic Royal Palaces charity mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War by placing 888,246 ceramic poppies in the dry moat around the Tower, one for each British and Colonial soldier who was killed during the war.
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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit War Memorial in London
London, UK. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry visit the Tower of London's 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' poppy installation in the Tower of London's moat. A total of 888,246 poppies are planted, with each flower representing a British military fatality from WWI. Photo credit : Ben Cawthra / eyevine
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The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
Battle of Belleau Wood WW1,north of Chateau-Thierry only 60 miles from Paris, France. March 2014.
Captured German guns in the cratered Belleau Wood, now named 'Bois de la Brigade de Marine' after the US 4th Marine Brigade. Now a permanent memorial site.The Battle of Belleau Wood (1¿26 June 1918) occurred during the German 1918 Spring Offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in France. The battle was fought between the U.S. Second (under the command of Major General Omar Bundy) and Third Divisions and an assortment of German units including elements from the 237th, 10th, 197th, 87th, and 28th Divisions.The battle has become a deep part of the lore of the United States Marine Corps. In March 1918, with nearly 50 additional divisions freed by the Russian surrender on the Eastern Front, the German Army launched a series of attacks on the Western Front, hoping to defeat the Allies before U.S. forces could be fully deployed. A third offensive launched in May against the French between Soissons and Reims, known as the Third Battle of the Aisne, saw the Germans reach the north bank of the Marne river at Château-Thierry, 95 kilometres (59 mi) from Paris, on 27 May. On 31 May, the 3rd Division held the German advance at Château-Thierry and the German advance turned right towards Vaux and Belleau Wood. On 1 June, Château-Thierry and Vaux fell, and German troops moved into Belleau Wood. The U.S. 2nd Division¿which included a brigade of U.S. Marines¿was brought up along the Paris-Metz highway. The 9th Infantry Regiment was placed between the highway and the Marne, while the 6th Marine Regiment was deployed to their left. The 5th Marines and 23rd Infantry regiments were placed in reserve.
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The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
Saint-Mihiel Salient Battlefield France. Memorial to the Old Men who fought at Flirey.March 2014.The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was a World War I battle fought from 12-15 September 1918, involving the American Expeditionary Force and 48,000 French troops under the command of General John J. Pershing of the United States against German positions. The United States Army Air Service (which later became the United States Air Force) played a significant role in this action. This battle marked the first use of the terms "D-Day" and "H-Hour" by the Americans.The attack at the St. Mihiel Salient was part of a plan by Pershing in which he hoped that the United States would break through the German lines and capture the fortified city of Metz. It was one of the first U.S. solo offensives in World War I and the attack caught the Germans in the process of retreating.This meant that their artillery were out of place and the American attack proved more successful than expected. Their strong blow increased their stature in the eyes of the French and British forces, but again demonstrated the critical role of artillery during World War I and the difficulty of supplying the massive World War I armies while they were on the move. The U.S. attack faltered as artillery and food supplies were left behind on the muddy roads.The attack on Metz was not realized, as the Germans refortified their positions and the Americans then turned their efforts to the Meuse-Argonne offensive.
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The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
Saint-Mihiel Salient Battlefield France. French Memorial at Loupmont.March 2014.The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was a World War I battle fought from 12-15 September 1918, involving the American Expeditionary Force and 48,000 French troops under the command of General John J. Pershing of the United States against German positions. The United States Army Air Service (which later became the United States Air Force) played a significant role in this action. This battle marked the first use of the terms "D-Day" and "H-Hour" by the Americans.The attack at the St. Mihiel Salient was part of a plan by Pershing in which he hoped that the United States would break through the German lines and capture the fortified city of Metz. It was one of the first U.S. solo offensives in World War I and the attack caught the Germans in the process of retreating.This meant that their artillery were out of place and the American attack proved more successful than expected. Their strong blow increased their stature in the eyes of the French and British forces, but again demonstrated the critical role of artillery during World War I and the difficulty of supplying the massive World War I armies while they were on the move. The U.S. attack faltered as artillery and food supplies were left behind on the muddy roads.The attack on Metz was not realized, as the Germans refortified their positions and the Americans then turned their efforts to the Meuse-Argonne offensive.
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The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
Saint-Mihiel Salient Battlefield France. French memorial at Richemont.March 2014.The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was a World War I battle fought from 12-15 September 1918, involving the American Expeditionary Force and 48,000 French troops under the command of General John J. Pershing of the United States against German positions. The United States Army Air Service (which later became the United States Air Force) played a significant role in this action. This battle marked the first use of the terms "D-Day" and "H-Hour" by the Americans.The attack at the St. Mihiel Salient was part of a plan by Pershing in which he hoped that the United States would break through the German lines and capture the fortified city of Metz. It was one of the first U.S. solo offensives in World War I and the attack caught the Germans in the process of retreating.This meant that their artillery were out of place and the American attack proved more successful than expected. Their strong blow increased their stature in the eyes of the French and British forces, but again demonstrated the critical role of artillery during World War I and the difficulty of supplying the massive World War I armies while they were on the move. The U.S. attack faltered as artillery and food supplies were left behind on the muddy roads.The attack on Metz was not realized, as the Germans refortified their positions and the Americans then turned their efforts to the Meuse-Argonne offensive.
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The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
Saint-Mihiel Salient Battlefield France.March 2014.The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was a World War I battle fought from 12-15 September 1918, involving the American Expeditionary Force and 48,000 French troops under the command of General John J. Pershing of the United States against German positions. The United States Army Air Service (which later became the United States Air Force) played a significant role in this action. This battle marked the first use of the terms "D-Day" and "H-Hour" by the Americans.The attack at the St. Mihiel Salient was part of a plan by Pershing in which he hoped that the United States would break through the German lines and capture the fortified city of Metz. It was one of the first U.S. solo offensives in World War I and the attack caught the Germans in the process of retreating.This meant that their artillery were out of place and the American attack proved more successful than expected. Their strong blow increased their stature in the eyes of the French and British forces, but again demonstrated the critical role of artillery during World War I and the difficulty of supplying the massive World War I armies while they were on the move. The U.S. attack faltered as artillery and food supplies were left behind on the muddy roads.The attack on Metz was not realized, as the Germans refortified their positions and the Americans then turned their efforts to the Meuse-Argonne offensive. © Brian Harris / eyevine. Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
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The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
Verdun WW1 Battlefield site, Verdun-sur-Meuse, France.March 2014..The Remains of Fort de Vaux on the Verdun Battlefield.Fort Vaux, located in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, was built in 1881¿1884 at a cost of 1,500,000 Francs, built to house 150 men. it became the second Fort to fall in the Battle of Verdun. The first fort to fall had been Fort Douaumont which was virtually undefended and had been captured by a small German raiding party in February 1916. Fort de Vaux, on the other hand, was fully garrisoned when it was attacked on June 2 by German assault troops. The fort had been modernized before 1914 with additional reinforced concrete top protection, like at Fort Douaumont and thus did resist a German heavy artillery preparation which had included shelling by 16 inch howitzers. The superstructure of the fort had been heavily damaged but the deep interior corridors and stations remained intact and can still be seen in their original condition today. One of the fort's side bunkers ("Casemate de Bourges") is still equipped with its 75mm cannon.The defense of Fort Vaux was marked by the heroism and endurance of the garrison, including Major Sylvain-Eugene Raynal. Under his command, the besieged French garrison fended off repeated German assaults, including fighting underground from barricades inside the invaded corridors of the fort, which was the first major engagement to happen completely inside a fort during World War I. What was left of the French garrison finally gave up after it had run out of drinkable water (some of which was poisoned), ammunition, medical supplies and food. Raynal sent several messages to his commanding officers via homing pigeons (including the famous Vaillant[verification needed]), requesting relief for his soldiers.
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The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
Verdun WW1 Battlefield site, Verdun-sur-Meuse, France.March 2014.Seen here: The shell scared landscape and remains of the small defensive Ouvrage de Froideterre on hill 345 on the Verdun Battlefield. After Douaumont and Vaux forts fell to the Germans in 1916, this fort was one of the last lines of defence between the German Army and Verdun town.The Battle of Verdun lasted 9 months, 3 weeks and 6 days between 21 February and 20 december 1916. It was the longest and one of the most costly battles in human history; recent estimates increase the number of casualties to 976,000.
The Battle of Verdun (Bataille de Verdun), was fought from 21 February ¿ 18 December 1916 during the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies, on hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse in north-eastern France. The German Fifth Army attacked the defences of the Région Fortifiée de Verdun (RFV) and the Second Army on the right bank of the Meuse, intending rapidly to capture the Côtes de Meuse (Meuse Heights) from which Verdun could be overlooked and bombarded with observed artillery-fire. The German strategy intended to provoke the French into counter-attacks and counter-offensives to drive the Germans off the heights, which would be relatively easy to repel with massed artillery-fire from the large number of medium, heavy and super-heavy guns, supplied with large amounts of ammunition on excellent pre-war railways, which ran within 24 kilometres (15 mi) of the front-line.The German strategy assumed that the French would attempt to hold onto the east bank of the Meuse, then commit the French strategic reserve to recapture it and suffer catastrophic losses from German artillery-fire, while the German infantry held positions easy to defend and suffered few losses. The German plan was based on the experience of the September ¿ October 1915 battles in Champagne (Herbstschlacht) when after early success the French offensive.
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The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
Somme WW1 Battlefield, July 1st-November 1916, France. German Military Cemetery at Rancourt ( Rancourt Soldatenfriedhof ). February 2014.There are only a few graves here from the early months of the war. Two thirds of the dead lying here are from the Battle of the Somme between July and November 1916. Most of the remainder are from the summer of 1918.In 1929 repairs were carried out following negotiations with the French Government and the mass graves were given a proper wall and planted with roses. Trees were planted and the cemetery was inaugurated on 17 September 1933.The problem of how to mark the names of the fallen had to wait until the end of the Second World War for a solution and eventually in 1972 the wooden crosses were replaced with crosses made from Belgian granite.There are two mass graves containing the remains of 7,492 soldiers of whom only 2,316 could be identified. © Brian Harris / eyevine. Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
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Somme WW1 Battlefield, July 1st-November 1916, France. German pillbox on Albert-Bapaume Road. February 2014.
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The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
The Somme Serre Road cemetery.
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The battlefield sites of WW1 in Flanders, the Somme, Verdun and the Argonne where thousands of men paid the ultimate price. Many were never found and still lie beneath the earth. 2014 is the centenary of the start of World War One, the Great War, the War
Ypres-Ieper WW1 Battlefield, 1914-1918, Belgium. Hill 60, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. February 2014. Hill 60 ( 60 metres above sea level ) is basically a mass grave, the trenches of WW1 were filled with the remains of the dead and covered after WW1. Hill 60, just south of Ypres in Belgium, is a preserved memorial landscape, battle scared with shell holes and exploded mine craters. Seen here: A metal piece of German fortification lies in a mine crater. The site is popular with visitors and school parties who often start their tour of the battlefields here.Caption information from Wikipedia:.The Battle of Hill 60 (17 April ¿ 7 May 1915) took place in Flanders, south of Ypres on the Western Front, during the First World War. Hill 60 was captured by the German 30th Division, on 11 November 1914 during the First Battle of Ypres (19 October ¿ 22 November 1914). The ground south of Zillebeke rises for 2,000 yards (1,800 m) to a ridge between Zwarteleen and Zandvoorde. Roads ran north-west to south-east through the area from Ypres to Verbrandenmoelen and Hollebeke and from Zillebeke to Zwartelen and Zandvoorde. The Ypres¿Comines railway ran roughly parallel to the roads from Ypres and 600 yards (550 m) from Zillebeke, went through a cutting 15¿20 feet (4.6¿6.1 m) deep, which extended beyond the crest of the ridge. Earth excavated when the railway was built, had been dumped on either side to form small hillocks. Two were on the west side, a long irregular mound atop the ridge called "The Caterpillar" and a smaller mound 300 yards (270 m) down the slope towards Zillebeke, known as "The Dump". On the east side of the cutting on the highest point of the ridge, was a third mound known as "Hill 60", from which observers had excellent observation of the ground around Zillebeke and Ypres.French preparations to raid the hill were continued by the British 28th Division, which took over the line in February 1915 and then by the 5th Division. The planned raid was expanded.
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Somme WW1 Battlefield, July 1st-November 1916, France. Waggon Road CWGC Cemetery above Beaumony Hamel. February 2014
Photograph from ridge high above Beaumont-Hamel looking south. Waggon Road CWGC Cemetery is in the foregound, on the left is Frankfurt Trench CWGC Cemetery and slightly down in the valley on the River Ancre on the right is Ancre British CWGC Cemetery Beaumont-Hamel. On the ridge on the south side of the River Ancre on what was the German front line is the Thiepval Memorial which has over 72,000 names of British and South African Soldiers who have no known grave, their remains either still lie out on the battlefield under the farmers fields or buried in CWGC cemeteries on the Somme but not named. Beaumont-Hamel was captured in November 1916, in the Battle of the Ancre, and the graves in this cemetery are largely those of men who died at that time. The burials were carried out by the V Corps in the spring of 1917, after the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line. Waggon Road Cemetery (originally V Corps Cemetery No.10) contains 195 First World War burials (36 unidentified), 46 of them belonging to the 11th Battalion the Border Regiment, which attacked in the Ancre in both July and November 1916.The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
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Vimy Ridge WW1 Canadian National Memorial and Battlefield, Vimy, France. February 2014. The memorial took monument designer Walter Seymour Allward eleven years to build.The Battle of Vimy Ridge in the First World War 1914-1918 was a military engagement fought primarily as part of the Battle of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were the Canadian Corps, of four divisions, against three divisions of the German Sixth Army. The battle, which took place from 9 to 12 April 1917, was part of the opening phase of the British-led Battle of Arras, a diversionary attack for the French Nivelle Offensive.The objective of the Canadian Corps was to take control of the German-held high ground along an escarpment at the northernmost end of the Arras Offensive. This would ensure that the southern flank could advance without suffering German enfilade fire. Supported by a creeping barrage, the Canadian Corps captured most of the ridge during the first day of the attack. The town of Thélus fell during the second day of the attack, as did the crest of the ridge once the Canadian Corps overcame a salient of considerable German resistance. The final objective, a fortified knoll located outside the town of Givenchy-en-Gohelle, fell to the Canadian Corps on 12 April. The German forces then retreated to the Oppy¿Méricourt line.Historians attribute the success of the Canadian Corps in capturing the ridge to a mixture of technical and tactical innovation, meticulous planning, powerful artillery support and extensive training, as well as the failure of the German Sixth Army to properly apply the new German defensive doctrine. The battle was the first occasion when all four divisions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force participated in a battle together and thus became a Canadian nationalistic symbol of achievement and sacrifice. A 100 ha (250 acres) portion of the former battleground serves as a preserved memorial park. © Bria
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Ypres-Ieper WW1 Battlefield, 1914-1918, Belgium. Hill 62, Sanctuary Wood Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. February 2014.The Sanctuary Wood Museum on Hill 62 ( 62 metres above sea level ), 3 km east of Ypres, Belgium is located near the Canadian Hill 62 Memorial and the Sanctuary Wood Cemetery. The museum is privately owned by Jacques Schier, the grandson of the farmer who founded the museum and owned the site of the museum since before World War I. The wood behind the museum has a preserved set of WW1 trenches and shell holes as well as piles of used shells and barbed wire from WW1.
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Ypres-Ieper WW1 Battlefield, 1914-1918, Belgium. Langhof Farm British shelter,Ypres-Ieper, Belgium. February 2014. The seven remaining shelters are on the island site of the old chateau and are used by the farmer to house his animals. The site is is near Bedford House CWGC Cemetery on the road south from Ypres towards the Messines Ridge.
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Battle of Belleau Wood WW1,north of Chateau-Thierry only 60 miles from Paris, France. March 2014. The cratered Belleau Wood, now named 'Bois de la Brigade de Marine' after the US 4th Marine Brigade. Now a permanent memorial site.The Battle of Belleau Wood (1¿26 June 1918) occurred during the German 1918 Spring Offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in France. The battle was fought between the U.S. Second (under the command of Major General Omar Bundy) and Third Divisions and an assortment of German units including elements from the 237th, 10th, 197th, 87th, and 28th Divisions.The battle has become a deep part of the lore of the United States Marine Corps. In March 1918, with nearly 50 additional divisions freed by the Russian surrender on the Eastern Front, the German Army launched a series of attacks on the Western Front, hoping to defeat the Allies before U.S. forces could be fully deployed. A third offensive launched in May against the French between Soissons and Reims, known as the Third Battle of the Aisne, saw the Germans reach the north bank of the Marne river at Château-Thierry, 95 kilometres (59 mi) from Paris, on 27 May. On 31 May, the 3rd Division held the German advance at Château-Thierry and the German advance turned right towards Vaux and Belleau Wood. On 1 June, Château-Thierry and Vaux fell, and German troops moved into Belleau Wood. The U.S. 2nd Division¿which included a brigade of U.S. Marines¿was brought up along the Paris-Metz highway. The 9th Infantry Regiment was placed between the highway and the Marne, while the 6th Marine Regiment was deployed to their left. The 5th Marines and 23rd Infantry regiments were placed in reserve. On the evening of 1 June, German forces punched a hole in the French lines to the left of the Marines' position.
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Argonne Forest WW1 Hill 285 - Meuse-Argonne Battlefield site, France. March 2014. The Argonne Forest Memorial on hill 285-Cote 285, where German and French soldiers bitterly contested the position held by French troops during 1915. Later French soldiers were joined by Czech,Italian and American troops. The Argonne Forest offensive, part of the final 100 days of WW1 and a major attack on the western side of Verdun, was the largest battle in American history up to this point and involved 1.2 million American soldiers. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, also known as the Maas-Argonne Offensive and the Battle of the Argonne Forest, was a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice on November 11, a total of 47 days. The battle was the largest in United States military history, involving 1.2 million American soldiers, and was one of a series of Allied attacks known as the Hundred Days Offensive, which brought the war to an end. The Meuse-Argonne was the principal engagement of the American Expeditionary Forces during the First World War.
The logistical prelude to the Meuse attack was planned by then-Colonel George Marshall who managed to move US units to the front after the St. Mihiel salient fighting. The big September/October Allied breakthroughs (north, centre and south) across the length of the Hindenburg Line ¿ including the Battle of the Argonne Forest ¿ are now lumped together as part of what is generally remembered as the Grand Offensive (also known as the Hundred Days Offensive) by the Allies on the Western front. The Meuse-Argonne offensive also involved troops from France, while the rest of the Allies, including France, Britain and its dominion and imperial armies (mainly Canada, Australia and New Zealand), and Belgium contributed to major battles in other sectors across the whole front.
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Battle of Belleau Wood WW1,north of Chateau-Thierry only 60 miles from Paris, France. March 2014.The Battle of Belleau Wood (1¿26 June 1918) occurred during the German 1918 Spring Offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in France. The battle was fought between the U.S. Second (under the command of Major General Omar Bundy) and Third Divisions and an assortment of German units including elements from the 237th, 10th, 197th, 87th, and 28th Divisions.The battle has become a deep part of the lore of the United States Marine Corps. In March 1918, with nearly 50 additional divisions freed by the Russian surrender on the Eastern Front, the German Army launched a series of attacks on the Western Front, hoping to defeat the Allies before U.S. forces could be fully deployed. A third offensive launched in May against the French between Soissons and Reims, known as the Third Battle of the Aisne, saw the Germans reach the north bank of the Marne river at Château-Thierry, 95 kilometres (59 miles) from Paris, on 27 May. On 31 May, the 3rd Division held the German advance at Château-Thierry and the German advance turned right towards Vaux and Belleau Wood. On 1 June, Château-Thierry and Vaux fell, and German troops moved into Belleau Wood. The U.S. 2nd Division¿which included a brigade of U.S. Marines¿was brought up along the Paris-Metz highway. The 9th Infantry Regiment was placed between the highway and the Marne, while the 6th Marine Regiment was deployed to their left. The 5th Marines and 23rd Infantry regiments were placed in reserve.[4]
Battle.On the evening of 1 June, German forces punched a hole in the French lines to the left of the Marines' position. In response, the U.S. reserve¿consisting of the 23rd Infantry regiment, the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, and an element of the 6th Machine Gun Battalion¿conducted a forced march over 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to plug the gap in the line, which they achieved by dawn.
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St Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt,Saint-Mihiel Salient Battlefield France.March 2014.The cemetery, 40.5 acres (16.4 ha) in extent, contains the graves of 4,153 of American military dead from World War I. The majority of these died in the offensive that resulted in the reduction of the St. Mihiel salient that threatened Paris. The burial area is divided by Linden alignment trees and paths into four equal plots. At the center is a large sundial surmounted by an American eagle.
The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was a World War I battle fought from 12-15 September 1918, involving the American Expeditionary Force and 48,000 French troops under the command of General John J. Pershing of the United States against German positions. The United States Army Air Service (which later became the United States Air Force) played a significant role in this action. This battle marked the first use of the terms "D-Day" and "H-Hour" by the Americans.The attack at the St. Mihiel Salient was part of a plan by Pershing in which he hoped that the United States would break through the German lines and capture the fortified city of Metz. It was one of the first U.S. solo offensives in World War I and the attack caught the Germans in the process of retreating.This meant that their artillery were out of place and the American attack proved more successful than expected. Their strong blow increased their stature in the eyes of the French and British forces, but again demonstrated the critical role of artillery during World War I and the difficulty of supplying the massive World War I armies while they were on the move. The U.S. attack faltered as artillery and food supplies were left behind on the muddy roads.The attack on Metz was not realized, as the Germans refortified their positions and the Americans then turned their efforts to the Meuse-Argonne offensive. © Brian Harris / eyevine. Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
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Verdun WW1 Battlefield site, Verdun-sur-Meuse, France.March 2014..The Remains of Fort de Vaux on the Verdun Battlefield.Fort Vaux, located in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, was built in 1881¿1884 at a cost of 1,500,000 Francs, built to house 150 men. it became the second Fort to fall in the Battle of Verdun. The first fort to fall had been Fort Douaumont which was virtually undefended and had been captured by a small German raiding party in February 1916. Fort de Vaux, on the other hand, was fully garrisoned when it was attacked on June 2 by German assault troops. The fort had been modernized before 1914 with additional reinforced concrete top protection, like at Fort Douaumont and thus did resist a German heavy artillery preparation which had included shelling by 16 inch howitzers. The superstructure of the fort had been heavily damaged but the deep interior corridors and stations remained intact and can still be seen in their original condition today. One of the fort's side bunkers ("Casemate de Bourges") is still equipped with its 75mm cannon.The defense of Fort Vaux was marked by the heroism and endurance of the garrison, including Major Sylvain-Eugene Raynal. Under his command, the besieged French garrison fended off repeated German assaults, including fighting underground from barricades inside the invaded corridors of the fort, which was the first major engagement to happen completely inside a fort during World War I. What was left of the French garrison finally gave up after it had run out of drinkable water (some of which was poisoned), ammunition, medical supplies and food. Raynal sent several messages to his commanding officers via homing pigeons (including the famous Vaillant[verification needed]), requesting relief for his soldiers. During his last communications, Major Raynal penned the phrase "This is my last pigeon.".After the capture of Fort Vaux on June 7, the Crown Prince of the German ruling family, the Hohenzollerns, prese. © Brian Har
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Verdun WW1 Battlefield site, Verdun-sur-Meuse, France.March 2014.Seenhere:
During the war, the village of Douaumont on the Verdun Battlefield was completely destroyed ( one of nine 'Villages Detruits' in the area ) and the land was made uninhabitable to such an extent that a decision was made not to rebuild it. The area around the municipality was contaminated by corpses, explosives and poisonous gas, so no farmers could take up their work. The site of the commune is maintained as a testimony to war and is officially designated as a "village that died for France." It is managed by a municipal council of three members appointed by the prefect of the Meuse department. The white markers indicate the names and professions of the previous inhabitants.The Battle of Verdun lasted 9 months, 3 weeks and 6 days between 21 February and 20 december 1916. It was the longest and one of the most costly battles in human history; recent estimates increase the number of casualties to 976,000.
The Battle of Verdun (Bataille de Verdun), was fought from 21 February ¿ 18 December 1916 during the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies, on hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse in north-eastern France. The German Fifth Army attacked the defences of the Région Fortifiée de Verdun (RFV) and the Second Army on the right bank of the Meuse, intending rapidly to capture the Côtes de Meuse (Meuse Heights) from which Verdun could be overlooked and bombarded with observed artillery-fire. The German strategy intended to provoke the French into counter-attacks and counter-offensives to drive the Germans off the heights, which would be relatively easy to repel with massed artillery-fire from the large number of medium, heavy and super-heavy guns, supplied with large amounts of ammunition on excellent pre-war railways, which ran within 24 kilometres (15 mi) of the front-line.
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Verdun WW1 Battlefield site, Verdun-sur-Meuse, France.March 2014.Seen here: The Voie Sacree Memorial. The Voie Sacree or Sacred Way between Verdun and Bar le Duc. The road played a vital role in supplying Verdun during WW1. Every one of the 57 Kilometres a commemoration stone has been placed capped with a Poilu helmet. At the nothern end of the road at the junction of the N3 and the N35 west of Verdun is the Voie Sacree Memorial where there is a carved depiction of the raod in action in 1916. Towards Souilly are a series of life size photographic cut outs of leading figures involved in the French defense of Verdun including Marshal Petain on his horse.The Battle of Verdun lasted 9 months, 3 weeks and 6 days between 21 February and 20 december 1916. It was the longest and one of the most costly battles in human history; recent estimates increase the number of casualties to 976,000. The Voie Sacrée ("Sacred Way") is a road that connects Bar-le-Duc to Verdun (Meuse), France. It was given its name after the end of World War I because of the vital role it played during the Battle of Verdun. History.After March 1916, along the 72 km (45 mi) of the "Voie Sacrée", transport vehicles were on the move day and night ferrying troops, armaments, and supplies to the Verdun battlefield. During the initial crisis of 21 February to 22 March, 600 trucks per day had already delivered 48,000 tons of ammunition, 6,400 tons of other material and 263,000 men to the battlefield. Beginning on February 21, all horse drawn traffic and troop movements on foot had been ordered off the road leaving it open for truck and motor car traffic only. After March 1916, one truck passed every 14 seconds, submitting the road to considerable wear and tear. Quarries had to be opened nearby to supply the road with crushed stone. Over the course of ten months, 16 labour battalions worked to keep the road in good shape and order.
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Verdun Town on the River Meuse. WW1 Battlefield site, Verdun-sur-Meuse, France.March 2014.Verdun's Momument to the Fallen. Each figure representing five different arms of service in the French Army.
The Battle of Verdun lasted 9 months, 3 weeks and 6 days between 21 February and 20 december 1916. It was the longest and one of the most costly battles in human history; recent estimates increase the number of casualties to 976,000. The Battle of Verdun (Bataille de Verdun), was fought from 21 February ¿ 18 December 1916 during the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies, on hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse in north-eastern France. The German Fifth Army attacked the defences of the Région Fortifiée de Verdun (RFV) and the Second Army on the right bank of the Meuse, intending rapidly to capture the Côtes de Meuse (Meuse Heights) from which Verdun could be overlooked and bombarded with observed artillery-fire. The German strategy intended to provoke the French into counter-attacks and counter-offensives to drive the Germans off the heights, which would be relatively easy to repel with massed artillery-fire from the large number of medium, heavy and super-heavy guns, supplied with large amounts of ammunition on excellent pre-war railways, which ran within 24 kilometres (15 mi) of the front-line.The German strategy assumed that the French would attempt to hold onto the east bank of the Meuse, then commit the French strategic reserve to recapture it and suffer catastrophic losses from German artillery-fire, while the German infantry held positions easy to defend and suffered few losses. The German plan was based on the experience of the September ¿ October 1915 battles in Champagne (Herbstschlacht) when after early success the French offensive was defeated with far more French than German casualties.
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Somme WW1 Battlefield, July 1st-November 1916, France. Site of Australian Memorial at Pozieres Mill. February 2014. Looking north towards Mouquet Farm and Thiepval Memorial on horizon. The Australian Memorial marks the spot where three Australian Divisions finally captured the strategic highground of Hill 160 where a windmill once stood on the Albert to Baupaum Road on August 4th 1916 after over a month of fighting. It was here that they suffered their most severe losses in the Somme offensive.
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Somme WW1 Battlefield, July 1st-November 1916, France. Sheffield Memorial Park. February 2014. Seen Here: In memory of the Chorley Pals 'Y' Company.Sheffield Memorial Park on the Somme where there are many commemoration plaques and memorials to the 'Pals Brigades'; Groups of men who lived in the same street or worked together, signed up into the army together and died together as they attacked the fortified German positions at Serre on the northern flank of the Somme Battlefield. .Several of these battalions suffered heavy casualties during the Somme offensives of 1916. One of the most notable was the 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment, better known as the Accrington Pals. The Accrington Pals were ordered to attack Serre, the most northerly part of the main assault, on the opening day of the battle. The Accrington Pals were accompanied by Pals battalions drawn from Sheffield, Leeds, Barnsley and Bradford.Of an estimated 700 Accrington Pals who took part in the attack, 235 were killed and 350 wounded within the space of twenty minutes.Despite repeated attempts, Serre was not taken until February 1917, at which time the German forces had evacuated to the Hindenburg Line.
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Somme WW1 Battlefield, July 1st-November 1916, France. February 2014. Looking east, a line of trees follows the route of the advancing Britsh troops across the Somme Battlefield between Thiepval and Pozieres. © Brian Harris / eyevine. Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
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Vimy Ridge WW1 Canadian National Memorial and Battlefield, Vimy, France. February 2014. The shell craters have survived nearly 100 years and much of the protected surrounding landscape still contains unexploded WW1 shells and ammunition. Walkers are warned not to stray from the prescribed pathways.The Battle of Vimy Ridge in the First World War 1914-1918 was a military engagement fought primarily as part of the Battle of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were the Canadian Corps, of four divisions, against three divisions of the German Sixth Army. The battle, which took place from 9 to 12 April 1917, was part of the opening phase of the British-led Battle of Arras, a diversionary attack for the French Nivelle Offensive.The objective of the Canadian Corps was to take control of the German-held high ground along an escarpment at the northernmost end of the Arras Offensive. This would ensure that the southern flank could advance without suffering German enfilade fire. Supported by a creeping barrage, the Canadian Corps captured most of the ridge during the first day of the attack. The town of Thélus fell during the second day of the attack, as did the crest of the ridge once the Canadian Corps overcame a salient of considerable German resistance. The final objective, a fortified knoll located outside the town of Givenchy-en-Gohelle, fell to the Canadian Corps on 12 April. The German forces then retreated to the Oppy¿Méricourt line. Historians attribute the success of the Canadian Corps in capturing the ridge to a mixture of technical and tactical innovation, meticulous planning, powerful artillery support and extensive training, as well as the failure of the German Sixth Army to properly apply the new German defensive doctrine. The battle was the first occasion when all four divisions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force participated in a battle together and thus became a Canadian nationalistic symbol.
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Ypres-Ieper WW1 Battlefield, 1914-1918, Belgium. Hill 62, Sanctuary Wood Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. February 2014.The Sanctuary Wood Museum on Hill 62 ( 62 metres above sea level ), 3 km east of Ypres, Belgium is located near the Canadian Hill 62 Memorial and the Sanctuary Wood Cemetery. The museum is privately owned by Jacques Schier, the grandson of the farmer who founded the museum and owned the site of the museum since before World War I. The wood behind the museum has a preserved set of WW1 trenches and shell holes as well as piles of used shells and barbed wire from WW1.
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Ypres-Ieper WW1 Battlefield, 1914-1918, Belgium. Unexploded WW1 Shells at Two Mine Craters, Kruisstraat, Flanders, Belgium. February 2014. The Iron Harvest. Unexploded WW1 ordnance waiting to be collected by Belgian Bomb disposal team from Belgian Army in Mine Crater country to the south of Ypres. Hundreds of shells are unearthed each year on the battlefields of Flanders and across northern France.
The iron harvest is the annual "harvest" of unexploded ordnance, barbed wire, shrapnel, bullets and congruent trench supports collected by Belgian and French farmers after ploughing their fields. The harvest generally applies to the material from World War I, which is still found in large quantities across the former Western Front.During World War I an estimated one tonne of explosives was fired for every square metre of territory on the Western front. As many as one in every three shells fired did not detonate.In the Ypres Salient, an estimated 300 million projectiles that the British and the Germans forces fired at each other during World War I were duds, and most of them have not been recovered] In 2013, 160 tonnes of munitions, from bullets to 15 inch naval gun shells, were unearthed from the areas around Ypres.[4].Unexploded weapons - in the form of shells, bullets and grenades - buried themselves on impact or were otherwise quickly swallowed in the mud. As time passes, construction work, field ploughing and natural processes bring the rusting shells to the surface. Most of the iron harvest is found during the spring planting and autumn ploughing as the region of northern France and Flanders are rich agricultural areas.Farmers will collect the munitions and place them along the boundaries of fields or other collection points for authorities.Despite the condition of the shells, they remain very dangerous. The French Département du Déminage (Department of Mine Clearance) recovers about 900 tons of unexploded munitions every year.
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Ypres-Ieper WW1 Battlefield, 1914-1918, Belgium. Langemark German Cemetery, Langemark,Ypres_Ieper, Belgium. February 2014
The German Cemetery at Langemark, names of the young students and schoolboys carved into the wooden walls of the entrance to the cemetery. The German war cemetery of Langemark (formerly spelt 'Langemarck') is near the village of Langemark, part of the municipality of Langemark-Poelkapelle, in the Belgian province of West Flanders. More than 44,000 soldiers are buried here. The village was the scene of the first gas attacks by the German army, marking the beginning of the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915.During the First Battle of Ypres (1914) in World War I, inexperienced German infantry suffered severe casualties when they made a futile frontal attack on allied positions near Langemark and were checked by experienced French infantry and British riflemen. Contrary to popular myth, only fifteen percent of the German soldiers involved in the Battle of Langemark were schoolboys and students. Legend has it that the German infantry sang the first stanza of what later (1919) became their national anthem "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles", as they charged.The cemetery, which evolved from a small group of graves from 1915, has seen numerous changes and extensions. It was dedicated in 1932. Today, visitors find a mass grave near the entrance. This comrades' grave contains 24,917 servicemen, including the Ace Werner Voss.Between the oak trees, next to this mass grave, are another 10,143 soldiers (including 2 British soldiers killed in 1918). The 3,000 school students who were killed during the First Battle of Ypres are buried in a third part of the cemetery. At the rear of the cemetery is a sculpture of four mourning figures by Professor Emil Krieger. The group was added in 1956, and is said to stand guard over the fallen. The cemetery is maintained by the German War Graves Commission, the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge.
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Ypres-Ieper WW1 Battlefield, 1914-1918, Belgium. Langemark German Cemetery, Langemark,Ypres - Ieper, Belgium. February 2014
The German Cemetery at Langemark, sculpture of four mourning figures by Professor Emil Krieger. The German war cemetery of Langemark (formerly spelt 'Langemarck') is near the village of Langemark, part of the municipality of Langemark-Poelkapelle, in the Belgian province of West Flanders. More than 44,000 soldiers are buried here. The village was the scene of the first gas attacks by the German army, marking the beginning of the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915.During the First Battle of Ypres (1914) in World War I, inexperienced German infantry suffered severe casualties when they made a futile frontal attack on allied positions near Langemark and were checked by experienced French infantry and British riflemen. Contrary to popular myth, only fifteen percent of the German soldiers involved in the Battle of Langemark were schoolboys and students. Legend has it that the German infantry sang the first stanza of what later (1919) became their national anthem "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles", as they charged.The cemetery, which evolved from a small group of graves from 1915, has seen numerous changes and extensions. It was dedicated in 1932. Today, visitors find a mass grave near the entrance. This comrades' grave contains 24,917 servicemen, including the Ace Werner Voss. Between the oak trees, next to this mass grave, are another 10,143 soldiers (including 2 British soldiers killed in 1918). The 3,000 school students who were killed during the First Battle of Ypres are buried in a third part of the cemetery. At the rear of the cemetery is a sculpture of four mourning figures by Professor Emil Krieger. The group was added in 1956, and is said to stand guard over the fallen. The cemetery is maintained by the German War Graves Commission, the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge.
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Somme WW1 Battlefield, July 1st-November 1916, France. Site of Lochnagar Crater at La Boiselle. February 2014. The Lochnagar Crater ( named after a nearby WW1 trench which was named by an officer after a mountain in Deeside near Balmoral in Scotland where many of the 7th Gordons, based in La Boiselle, were estate workers ) at La Boiselle, the largest crater on the Western Front, was created on the first day of the Somme offensive on 1st July 1916 at 7.28 in the moring by exploding a hugh mine of 60,000 Lbs of guncotton under the the German front line. The Crater was slowly being eroded until Richard Dunning purchased the crater in 1978 after reading about it in 'The Old Front Line' by John Masefield, so that it might be saved as a permanent memorial. Remains of both British and German Soldiers are still being found in the surrounding landscape and are buried in nearby cemeteries but marked at the Crater by crosses and Poppy Wreaths.
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Following the trench warfare in the poppy fields of Flanders, Belgium during World War I, poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime.
Remembrance Day or Poppy Day has been observed since the end of the First World War to remember armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. In most countries, Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of First World War hostilities.
Pictured: Thaxted Church, Thaxted, England. Memorial Garden of Remembrance.
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Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Cenotaph war memorial in London
10/11/2013. London, UK. L to R Princess Anne, Prince William and Prince Philip attend a Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Cenotaph war memorial in London, United Kingdom, on November 10, 2013 . Royalty and Politicians joined the rest of the county in honouring the war dead by gathering at the iconic memorial to lay wreaths and observe two minutes silence. Photo Credit: Ben Cawthra / eyevine
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London Poppy Day
05/11/2013 . London, UK. Mayor of London Boris Johnson, putting on protecting ear wear before firing a gun salute to launch London Poppy Day at The Honourable Artillery Company in London. The Mayor fired a salute from a 105mm light gun to launch this year¿Äôs campaign, which aims to raise more than ¬£1million in just one day. Photo credit : Ben Cawthra / eyevine
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London Poppy Day
05/11/2013 . London, UK. Mayor of London Boris Johnson, examines the gun before firing a gun salute to launch London Poppy Day at The Honourable Artillery Company in London. The Mayor fired a salute from a 105mm light gun to launch this year¿Äôs campaign, which aims to raise more than ¬£1million in just one day. Photo credit : Ben Cawthra / eyevine
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London Poppy Day
05/11/2013 . London, UK. Mayor of London Boris Johnson, joined by members of the Armed Forces, firing a gun salute to launch London Poppy Day at The Honourable Artillery Company in London. The Mayor fired a salute from a 105mm light gun to launch this year¿Äôs campaign, which aims to raise more than ¬£1million in just one day. Photo credit : Ben Cawthra / eyevine
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London Poppy Day
05/11/2013 . London, UK. Mayor of London Boris Johnson, joined by members of the Armed Forces, helps fire a gun salute to launch London Poppy Day at The Honourable Artillery Company in London. The Mayor fired a salute from a 105mm light gun to launch this year¿Äôs campaign, which aims to raise more than ¬£1million in just one day. Photo credit : Ben Cawthra / eyevine
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London Poppy Day
05/11/2013 . London, UK. Mayor of London Boris Johnson, after firing a gun salute to launch London Poppy Day at The Honourable Artillery Company in London. The Mayor fired a salute from a 105mm light gun to launch this year¿Äôs campaign, which aims to raise more than ¬£1million in just one day. Photo credit : Ben Cawthra / eyevine
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London Poppy Day
05/11/2013 . London, UK. Mayor of London Boris Johnson, joined by members of the Armed Forces, helps fire a gun salute to launch London Poppy Day at The Honourable Artillery Company in London. The Mayor fired a salute from a 105mm light gun to launch this year¿Äôs campaign, which aims to raise more than ¬£1million in just one day. Photo credit : Ben Cawthra / eyevine
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London Poppy Day
05/11/2013 . London, UK. Mayor of London Boris Johnson, joined by members of the Armed Forces, helps fire a gun salute to launch London Poppy Day at The Honourable Artillery Company in London. The Mayor fired a salute from a 105mm light gun to launch this year¿Äôs campaign, which aims to raise more than ¬£1million in just one day. Photo credit : Ben Cawthra / eyevine
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London Poppy Day
05/11/2013 . London, UK. Mayor of London Boris Johnson, with members of the Armed Forces, after firing a gun salute to launch London Poppy Day at The Honourable Artillery Company in London. The Mayor fired a salute from a 105mm light gun to launch this year¿Äôs campaign, which aims to raise more than ¬£1million in just one day. Photo credit : Ben Cawthra / eyevine
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London Poppy Day
05/11/2013 . London, UK. Mayor of London Boris Johnson, with members of the Armed Forces, after firing a gun salute to launch London Poppy Day at The Honourable Artillery Company in London. The Mayor fired a salute from a 105mm light gun to launch this year¿Äôs campaign, which aims to raise more than ¬£1million in just one day. Photo credit : Ben Cawthra / eyevine
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