ON THE LEFT WE HAVE ONE OF THE
SHROUDS OF THE SOMME ,
FIGURES THAT COMMEMORATES THE DEATHS
OF 19.240 SERVICE MEN ON THE 1st DAY OF THE SOMME, OFFENSIVE ON THE 1/7/1916,
SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS OF THEM WERE MEN OF THE ROYAL NAVAL DIVISIONS,
THE SHROUDED FIGURE ON THE LEFT REPRESENTS THE RND
KILLED THAT DAY,,
BUT IT ALSO STANDS AS A STARK REMINDER OF THE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION
THAT THE MEN OF THE,
ROYAL NAVAL DIVISIONS MADE DURING THE GREAT WAR.
11.379 WERE KILLED 30.892 WERE WOUNDED, THOSE FIGURES REPRESENT A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF THE 125.000 PERSONNEL THAT PASSED THROUGH THE FORMATIONS IN THE GREAT WAR