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Beaumont-Hamel

Beaumont-Hamel is a village in the Somme department of northern France. On 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the Newfoundland Regiment attacked near the village and was almost wiped out in half an hour: of some 800 men who went forward, only 68 answered the roll call the next morning. The site is preserved as the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, and 1 July is Memorial Day in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Beaumont-Hamel. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/beaumont-hamel
MLA: “Beaumont-Hamel.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/beaumont-hamel. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Beaumont-Hamel.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/beaumont-hamel.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Beaumont-Hamel’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/beaumont-hamel (Accessed: ).

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