Wire pickets - Beaumont Hamel - Somme Battlefield
Pickets in the village of Beaumont Hamel. Known as tir de cochon - pig's tails, these steel pickets were screwed into the ground and then strung with barbed wire. These ones are still in use as a fence
Picture No
10577616
Media ID
47567294
Size
3000px x 4500px
(952KB)
Credit
westernfrontphotography.com / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Mike St Maur Sheil
Date
04-Oct-05
