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April 19, 2025
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The Danzig Alley British Military Cemetery in Mametz is named after a German trench (Gdansk Alley) that the British 7th Division was to capture on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, July 1, 1916. It contains 2,054 bodies: 2,009 British, 18 New Zealanders, 13 Australians, 10 Canadians, 3 South Africans, and 1 Indian. Mametz and Montauban were the only villages captured by the British on July 1, 1916, among all the objectives set.
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