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In the shadow of the Springboks - Delville Wood to Courcelette

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Welcome to the penultimate episode of Season 7!

Today we are on the Somme and walk the battlefield from Delville Wood to Courcelette via High Wood and Martinpuich.

We begin we looking at "The Turning Point" a remarkable but little-known narrative of the Somme battle written by the eccentric Harold Perry-Robinson. We visit Delville Wood cemetery and memorial and hear the history of the site, as well visiting the only remaining tree from the Great War.

We walk to High Wood - "Ghastly by day, ghostly by night, the rottenest place on the Somme" and discover some of the memorials around this great killing ground. We then head to Martinpuich and conclude at Adanac Cemetery in Courcelette.

Support the podcast:

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Welcome to the penultimate episode of Season 7!

Today we are on the Somme and walk the battlefield from Delville Wood to Courcelette via High Wood and Martinpuich.

We begin we looking at "The Turning Point" a remarkable but little-known narrative of the Somme battle written by the eccentric Harold Perry-Robinson. We visit Delville Wood cemetery and memorial and hear the history of the site, as well visiting the only remaining tree from the Great War.

We walk to High Wood - "Ghastly by day, ghostly by night, the rottenest place on the Somme" and discover some of the memorials around this great killing ground. We then head to Martinpuich and conclude at Adanac Cemetery in Courcelette.

Support the podcast:

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/footstepsblog

https://footstepsofthefallen.com/gallery/

  continue reading

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