Tending a grave near Mametz Wood, August 1916

Title: Tending a grave near Mametz Wood, August 1916
Description: Tending a grave near Mametz Wood, August 1916.
Mametz Wood on the Somme was attacked by the 38th (Welsh) Division on 7 July 1916. The shell-blasted wood was heavily fortified with machine guns, trenches and mortars. During five days of bitter fighting the division suffered nearly 4,000 men killed or wounded. Although most of the wood was cleared of the enemy on 12 July, fierce German counter-attacks continued in the days that followed. Many of the dead were buried in a temporary cemetery nearby.
Date: July 1916
Century: 20th century
Decade material covers: 1910s
Type: Photograph
Subject: Western Front
Figures: Death
Contemporary Country: France
Repository: National Army Museum
Repository Item Record: Full record with image
War: First World War
Army: Great Britain
Battle: Battle of the Somme
Village: Mametz Wood
Rights: With permission from the National Army Museum