Url
	https://dhprojects.bc.edu/s/bcdh/item/1692
Resource class
	dctype:Image
Title
	Tending a grave near Mametz Wood, August 1916
Subject
	Western Front
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
	1916-07
Type
	Photograph
War
	First World War
Century
	20th century
Decade material covers
	1910s
Battle
	Battle of the Somme
Army
	Great Britain
Village
	Mametz Wood
Contemporary Country
	France
Repository
	National Army Museum
Figures
	Death
Repository Item Record
	https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1978-11-157-4-57 Full record with image
Rights
	https://www.nam.ac.uk/terms-use With permission from the National Army Museum

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