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Danger Tree, Beaumont-Hamel, The Somme

Danger Tree, Beaumont-Hamel, The Somme

July 1 1916, The Somme. The Danger Tree had been designated an assembly point, and the wire cut there to allow troops through and on to attack the German lines. The heaviest casualties on the field occurred at the Danger Tree. The first brigade that went in, the 87th,...