Mametz Wood

Mametz Wood is a forest in Contalmaison, Arrondissement of Péronne, Hauts-de-France. Mametz Wood is situated nearby to the village Contalmaison, as well as near Bazentin.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mametz Wood Memorial and Lochnagar Crater.

Mametz Wood Memorial

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The Mametz Wood Memorial commemorates an engagement of the 38th Division of the British Army during the First Battle of the Somme in France in 1916.

Lochnagar Crater

Protected area

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The Lochnagar mine south of the village of La Boisselle in the Somme département was an underground explosive charge, secretly planted by the British during the First World War, to be ready for 1 July 1916, the first day on the Somme.

Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

Cemetery

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Dantzig Alley British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War. It is located near the village of Mametz, eight kilometres from Albert in the Somme department of France.