1. Somme service from Bouzincourt

    · Bouzincourt, Hauts-de-France, France

    Somme service from Bouzincourt
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    Tolkien reached the Somme in early July and served in assaults while billeted behind the lines at Bouzincourt. The source specifies early July 1916; Bouzincourt was his behind-the-lines location between combat periods.

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