Memorial Sheffield Pals Serre
This monument was erected for the "Sheffield Pals", the Sheffield City Battalion. After two years of training, this unit was virtually destroyed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme during a disastrous attack on the hamlet of Serre, France.
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- Text: TracesOfWar
- Photos: Koos Winkelman
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