COLLECTION NAME:
SHIMMER
mediaCollectionId
SHU~3~3
SHIMMER
Collection
true
Title:
Memorial to the 38th (Welsh) Division
title
Memorial to the 38th (Welsh) Division
Title
false
Creation Date:
1987
creation_date
1987
Creation Date
false
Image Date:
2007
image_date
2007
Image Date
false
Period:
21st century
period
21st century
Period
false
Location:
Mametz Wood, Picardy
location
Mametz Wood, Picardy
Location
false
Country:
FRANCE
country
FRANCE
Country
false
Display Creator:
PETERSON, David
display_creator
PETERSON, David
Display Creator
false
Image ID:
07-2373
image_id
07-2373
Image ID
false
Description:
View from the memorial with the ridge over which the attack was made. The plinth has carved badges of the 38th Division and the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. When the photograph was taken two coachloads of tourists were visiting the site - accessed over tracks across farmland. This memorial was made from Welsh steel, in a furnace fired by South Wales coal, mounted on a Forest of Dean sandstone plinth. The dragon taken from the badge of the 38th Division. The Attack on Mametz Wood, July 7-14, 1916 took place at the beginning of the Battle of the Somme. It is sited in the middle of farmland below the crest of ridge looking over a shallow valley to the edge of the Mametz Wood.
description
View from the memorial with the ridge over which the attack was made. The plinth has carved badges of the 38th Division and the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. When the photograph was taken two coachloads of tourists were visiting the site - accessed over tracks across farmland. This memorial was made from Welsh steel, in a furnace fired by South Wales coal, mounted on a Forest of Dean sandstone plinth. The dragon taken from the badge of the 38th Division. The Attack on Mametz Wood, July 7-14, 1916 took place at the beginning of the Battle of the Somme. It is sited in the middle of farmland below the crest of ridge looking over a shallow valley to the edge of the Mametz Wood.
Description
false
Rights:
© Sheffield Hallam University
rights
© Sheffield Hallam University
Rights
false
Permissions:
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
permissions
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Permissions
false
Photographed by:
Dave Ball
photographed_by
Dave Ball
Photographed by
false
Creator:
PETERSON, David
creator
PETERSON, David
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Sculptor.
creator_role
Sculptor.
Creator Role
false
Culture Gender:
Male.
culture_gender
Male.
Culture Gender
false
Nationality:
British - Welsh.
nationality
British - Welsh.
Nationality
false
Subject Heading:
War memorials -- France
subject_heading
War memorials -- France
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Sculpture, British -- 1900-2000
subject_heading
Sculpture, British -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Monuments -- France
subject_heading
Monuments -- France
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916
subject_heading
Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Badges
subject_heading
Badges
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
World War, 1914-1918
subject_heading
World War, 1914-1918
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Dark tourism
subject_heading
Dark tourism
Subject Heading
false