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Beneath me were the Everlasting Arms

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Written by: Edward Peck
Created: 12 July 2021

 1280px Stretcher bearers Battle of Thiepval Ridge September 1916

Wounded soldiers being transported out of the Battle for Thiepval Ridge

"What have I to dread, what have I to fear, Leaning on the everlasting arms; I have blessed peace with my Lord so near, Leaning on the everlasting arms." (from Leaning on Everlasting Arms by Anthony Showalter (1887))

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The town with the badly strafed cathedral, and virgin nearly toppling over

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Written by: Edward Peck
Created: 12 July 2021

The suspended statue of Albert Cathedral, France, World War I. A statue of the Virgin and Child that was hit by a German shell on January 15 1915. It remained in this horizontal position until the tower was completely destroyed by further shellfire in 1918. The Germans believed that whoever caused the statue to fall would lose the war.

The golden statue of the Madonna, on the Basilica in Albert, holding aloft her child, was a symbol of hope for the British Army. Damaged early in 1915 it hanged at an angle throughout most of the war. 

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A pity I can't go to Buckingham Palace

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Written by: Edward Peck
Created: 12 July 2021

Kitchen Nov1916

Field kitchen of the 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment, showing the dreary conditions during November 1916 around Albert. 

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In France, water is only used to wash in

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Written by: Edward Peck
Created: 30 June 2021

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, JULY-NOVEMBER 1916 (Q 717) Troops of the 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment (29th Division) marching to the trenches; Acheux-en-Amiénois, 27 June 1916. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205072186

The VIII Corps Collection Station was placed at Acheux in readiness for the Battle of the Somme in 1916 © IWM Q 717

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