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47th London Division, Eaucourt L'Abbaye, in original position, date of phioto estimated - Taken by Colin McIntyre 22 Jun 1985
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47th London Division, Eauciourt L'Abbaye in new position alongisde similar memorial, date of photo estimated as not stated by IWM - Taken by © Richard O'Sullivan (WMR-12077) 22 Dec 2016
Reference WMO/269696
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Cross: IN GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE GALLANT OFFICERS, N.C.O.'S AND/ MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE CAPTURE OF EAUCOURT L'ABBAYE/ 47TH LONDON DIVISION/ 1 OCT 1916 The associated plaque reads: 47TH (LONDON) DIVISION WAR MEMORIAL. / This wooden cross and its counterpart on the south screen / were originally erected in 1916 by Divisional Engineers on / the Somme Battlefield to commemorate the 15,567 officers/ and men of the 47th (2nd London) Division Territorial Army/ who died in France and Flanders./ At the initiative of the Division and the County of London/ Territorial Association, the two crosses. which were falling into disrepair, were returned to the Duke of York's / Headquarters in 1925. In their place in France, a stone/ cross was erected at High Wood and a children's playground/ built in the nearby village of Martinpuich to be "a / memorial of utility rather than purely ornamental".
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