The Pipers' Memorial, Longueval, France. Dedicated in 2002 to the pipers of all units who died during the First World War.


Not far from Longueval at ADANAC Cemetery lies the grave of Piper James Richardson VC who played his 16th Battalion Canadian Infantry into action at Mouquet Farm on 8th October 1916. Later that evening after helping to bring in wounded he was killed trying to retrieve his pipes


Size: 4016px × 6016px
Location: Longueval, France
Photo credit: © Brownlow Brothers / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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