Memorial to a fallen soldier of the 36th Welsh Regiment in Mametz Wood who perished during the Battle of the Somme in July 1916

Memorial to a fallen soldier of the 36th Welsh Regiment in Mametz Wood who perished during the Battle of the Somme in July 1916

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Even today relatives of soldiers who died in the fighting for Mametz Wood, on the Somme battlefield leave memorial wreaths to their memory, in this case fixed to a tree, possibly close to the location that he was reported killed.

Location: somme pas de calais near Arras