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All the photos are courtesy of Neil Hampson who took them in early Spring 2003.
All the photos are numbered on the maps on the page above. Also, I have added a detailed map at the bottom of the page showing the area east of Vaulx where photos 14 - 17 were taken.
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14. Lagnicourt trench and the sunken road. This is looking north. The trench was to the right of the road. My grandfather’s battalion also passed through this trench.
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15. This is the area of Dunelm Trench, standing on the sunken road looking west. It can be seen on the map below, almost top right.
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16. Vaulx cemetery. On the map it is bottom left, in square 26, north of the road heading north-east to Vaulx Trench.
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17. Looking east from Vaulx Trench to Lagnicourt
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The CO’s report for my grandfather’s battalion mentions their having been in Dunelm and Lagnicourt trenches in the top right of the map.
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