Gravestones at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery in the Somme, France, one morning in June. Photo by Shona Somerville. : A visit to remember
Gravestones at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery in the Somme, France, one morning in June. Photo by Shona Somerville. : A visit to remember
The graves of soldiers from the Otago Regiment are placed around the Caterpillar Valley Cemetery. September 15, 1916 was the day New Zealand forces joined the fighting at the Battle of the Somme. It was on that day also that 20,000 British soldiers... : A visit to remember
The graves of soldiers from the Otago Regiment are placed around the Caterpillar Valley Cemetery. September 15, 1916 was the day New Zealand forces joined the fighting at the Battle of the Somme. It was on that day also that 20,000 British soldiers... : A visit to remember
The graves of soldiers from the Otago Regiment are placed around the Caterpillar Valley Cemetery. September 15, 1916 was the day New Zealand forces joined the fighting at the Battle of the Somme. It was on that day also that 20,000 British soldiers... : A visit to remember
The graves of soldiers from the Otago Regiment are placed around the Caterpillar Valley Cemetery. September 15, 1916 was the day New Zealand forces joined the fighting at the Battle of the Somme. It was on that day also that 20,000 British soldiers... : A visit to remember
The former grave of the unknown warrior at the Caterpillar Valley Cemetery. Photo by Shona Sommerville. : A visit to remember
The former grave of the unknown warrior at the Caterpillar Valley Cemetery. Photo by Shona Sommerville. : A visit to remember
The graves of soldiers from the Otago Regiment are placed around the Caterpillar Valley Cemetery. September 15, 1916 was the day New Zealand forces joined the fighting at the Battle of the Somme. It was on that day also that 20,000 British soldiers... : A visit to remember
The graves of soldiers from the Otago Regiment are placed around the Caterpillar Valley Cemetery. September 15, 1916 was the day New Zealand forces joined the fighting at the Battle of the Somme. It was on that day also that 20,000 British soldiers... : A visit to remember
A visit to remember
Gazing through the eerie mistiness and across the sea of white gravestones, I couldn't help but be moved by the thought of such a vast waste of life.