sheffield memorial park and railway hollow cemetery
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I tried to read a quote from some of the officers who fought here to a group of friends I had taken. I couldnt read it due to the lump in my throat. A fitting tribute to a complete waste of a generation. RIP the fallen.
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The memorial itself is tucked away in a wooded area away from the main road and is a really peaceful area, a really tranquil setting for the memorial and cemetery. Parking is a bit difficult as unless you have an off road-vehicle I wouldn't recommend driving up the dirt track. Park at the small lay-by by the road and walk up the track.
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Situated at the site of great loss of life, one can imagine the battle that occurred here when you look around at the surrounding countryside. Cemetery is well kept and the Memorials are well presented
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We have visited here twice now with a large group of young people. We tend to approach from the west passing the very large cemeteries next to the road. We park in front of Serre Road Cemetery No1, so as not to upset the farmer whose track leads up to Serre Road No3. Cemetery and the others on that hill side.Please keep to the track, its an active farm.You could see live munitions at the side of the track, near the farm. Don't Touch them.A short walk up the hill is really worthwhile. The openness of the landscape and hill that the soldiers who advanced up there had to cross is really quite frightening.We always lay a wreath here for those from our locality who didn't return.
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Nothing encapsulates the horror of the opening day of the Battle of the Somme like this now quiet and peaceful spot close to the village of Serre. The individual memorials to the men of the North Country city battalions here on 1/7/1916 cannot fail to move and the small cemeteries situated in what was then no man's land that still contain so many of them seem to this writer to impact as much if not more than the larger ones close by.As with any site a bit of pre visit research will be valuable but one novel published many years ago about a fictional unit but based on the experience of the Sheffield City Battalion will give depth to an intended visit "Covenant with Death" by John Harris if it can be located otherwise there are excellent modern photo histories such as William Turner's "Pals" The 11th Service Btn East Lancs Rgt ISBN0 9507892 4 0 and others which are prodigies of devoted research.
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A very moving place dedicated to the sacrifce of the Pals Battalions on 1st July 1916. Access is a little interesting depending on how wet the weather has been.
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One of the most moving spots on the Somme battlefields. I think this place is heavy with atmosphere, almost spooky.
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There is a small cemetery here for the Barnsley Pals. Some of the original trenches remain. Look from the trench line to the cemetery, 75 yards? They are buried at the limit of their advance up the slope. So thought provoking.
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Lost a Great Uncle at this spot on 1/7/1916 so very special to be the first ones from the family to visit here in 98 years. Outline of trench clearly visible plus memorial to Pals.
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Being from Sheffield this is a dead cert when visiting the battlefields of the Somme. Not the most easily accessible but a homing ground for northerners the woods house memorials to the Sheffield Pals, the Bradford Pals and the Accrington Pals, plus the Railway Hollow Cemetery.