GUARDS DIVISION MEMORIAL

​Lesboeufs

Somme

​France

The Guards Divisions arrived on the Somme in August 1916 and moved up to take part in the fighting around Ginchy. It attacked and captured the ground surrounding the village on 15th September 1916, and then moved on Lesboeufs which was taken on 25th September. The Guards Division Memorial sits on high ground overlooking the two battlegrounds where the unit fought in 1916 and replaces a wooden cross that stood on the spot during the war. Immediately south of the road was the site of the Quadrilateral; a German strong point that dominated much of the fighting in this area in September 1916. There is no trace of it today, however.

Picture © Nicholas Philpot