Oakham History Department

The History Department arranges visits to historical sites, workshops at leading museums, takes groups to lectures by important historians and has organised successful tours abroad. This blog gives news of any current excursions from Oakham...

You can find out more about History at Oakham by visiting the Department website.



Monday, February 6, 2012

Devonshire cemetery and the Front Line

This small British cemetery is located in the very place where the trench was. At 7.30am on July 1st 1916, the Devonshire Regiment attacked the German defensive positions. While moving onto exposed ground they were suddenly mown down by German machine gun situated at the edge of the next village. A very emotional site.
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