| The POZIERES MEMORIAL relates to the period of crisis in March and
April 1918 when the Allied Fifth Army was driven back by overwhelming numbers
across the former Somme battlefields, and the months that followed before the
Advance to Victory, which began on 8 August 1918. The Memorial commemorates
over 14,000 casualties of the United Kingdom and 300 of the South African
Forces who have no known grave and who died on the Somme from 21 March to 7
August 1918. The Corps and Regiments most largely represented are The Rifle
Brigade with over 600 names, The Durham Light Infantry with approximately 600
names, the Machine Gun Corps with over 500, The Manchester Regiment with
approximately 500 and The Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery with over 400
names. |