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Looking back 100 years.
Newfoundland Memorial Park, Beaumont Hamel, France.
During the First World War, Newfoundland was a largely rural Dominion of the British Empire with a population of 240,000, and not yet part of Canada. The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 led the Government of Newfoundland to recruit a force for service with the British Army. Even though the island had not possessed any formal military organization since 1870, enough men soon volunteered that an entire battalion was formed, and later maintained throughout the war. The regiment trained at various locations in the United Kingdom and increased from an initial contingent of 500 men to full battalion strength of 1,000 men, before being deployed.
01/07/1916 The Somme.
At 8:45 a.m. the Newfoundland Regiment and 1st Battalion of the Essex Regiment received orders to move forward. The Newfoundland Regiment was situated at St. John's Road, a support trench 250 yards (230 m) behind the British forward line and out of sight of the enemy. Movement forward through the communication trenches was not possible because they were congested with dead and wounded men and under shell fire.
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Lovell Hadow, the battalion commander, decided to move immediately into attack formation and advance across the surface, which involved first navigating through the British barbed wire defences. As they breasted the skyline behind the British first line, they were effectively the only troops moving on the battlefield and clearly visible to the German defenders.
Subjected to the full force of the 119th (Reserve) Infantry Regiment, most of the Newfoundland Regiment who had started forward were dead, dying or wounded within 15 to 20 minutes of leaving St. John's Road trench. Most reached no further than the Danger Tree, a skeleton of a tree that lay in No Man's Land that was being utilized as a landmark.
So far as can be ascertained, 22 officers and 758 other ranks were directly involved in the advance. Of these, all the officers and slightly under 658 other ranks became casualties. Of the 780 men who went forward only about 110 survived unscathed, of whom only 68 were available for roll call the following day. For all intents and purposes the Newfoundland Regiment had been wiped out, the unit as a whole having suffered a casualty rate of approximately 80%. The only unit to suffer greater casualties during the attack was the 10th Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment, attacking west of Fricourt village.
At Mount Rushmore the entry has all the state flags on the pathway to the amphitheater. My state flag is at the top left of this photo and the people traveling with us is on the top right.
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Testing a manual Nikkor 50 mm ƒ1:1.2 on my Nikon Df, post processed in Lightroom using the new VSCO Film Pack 05.
Edinburgh, 2009
Douglas Foulis 1926-2016
www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-douglas-foulis-...
I see more state flags flown in Texas than any other state that I've visited. That's pretty cool. This US Flag and Texas Flag are both very large. They're located in front of the Taste of Texas Restaurant next to the Katy Freeway (I-10) in Houston. To gain some perspective, those are the tops of trees at the bottom of the frame. (Excellent restaurant, by the way).
I didn't know whether to post this. Tried several times and changed my mind. I went online and researched flag etiquette. This image is not intended to be disrespectful to the American Flag. I found this little flag washed up on my favourite beach after a recent storm. It is my most interesting beach find yet. We live 20 miles from Washington State, across the Juan de Fuca Strait. I gazed at this flag for awhile and wondered what story it could tell. Where did it originate? How far did it come? After this shot I rescued it and it now occupies a place in my photo room.
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Northbank lighthouse-Dublin In 1800, a survey of Dublin Bay conducted by Captain William Bligh recommended the construction of the Bull Wall. After the completion of the wall in 1842, North Bull Island slowly formed as sand built up behind it.
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UK Union Flags fluttering in the wind during the London Olympics. Playing with the settings in my new D3200 to try to capture the transparency of these small printed plastic flags.
A float at Birmingham Pride 2021. The flags appear to be promoting the Commonwealth Games, which are being staged in Birmingham next summer.
It is difficult to convey the size of this flag. See the next photo (which is totally nondescript) which shows a portion of its shadow.
Today Gothia Cup started, the world’s largest and most international youth football tournament. The teams are playing on around 100 fields in the cities of Gothenburg, Alingsås, Kungsbacka and other municipalities around Gothenburg.
After one week of matches it’s time for the finals in Gothenburg city. Of the 1878 teams participating this year only 14 teams will become champions.
The Cup was held for the first time in 1975. During the years, more than one million players have participated and 147 nations have been represented in the tournament.
gothiacup.se/en (website also in English)
Flags surrounding the Washington Monument in Washington DC. There was a storm on the horizon coming our way and would soon be dropping rain; this is how I saw the storm coming in my minds eye.
يا روعة الشرق حبك يجري بدمي ,,, إنت وجودك وجودي و عمري و ذاتي
أقدر أسميك أمي و بالفعل أمي ,,, لك أنتمي و أفتخر إني إماراتي
Taken By AbuDhabi - flickr.com/photos/uae/231247152/