1 July 1916.

**Jock Scot** · 1st July 12, 12:05 AM

1 July 1916.

On this day 2nd Lt. Frank Fawcett 1/5 South Staffordshire Regiment was killed near Gommecourt France. He has no known grave and served in the front line for less than 15 hours. He was amongst the 60,000 British casualties, many of them Scots and from the Commonwealth, from the first day of the Battle of the Somme that continued relentlessly until November of that year.

We remember Frank as we remember them all.

"Lest we forget".

**Downunder Kilt** · 1st July 12, 12:42 AM

We will remember them.

Lest We Forget

**Grizzly** · 1st July 12, 02:17 AM

Well said Jock. I have visited the Somme battlefields and it was one of the most sobering and evocative trips of my life. The beautifully tended little and sometime huge military cemeteries are a startling reminder of mans inhumanity to his fellow man.

Rest in peace, you are not forgotten.

**gary meakin** · 1st July 12, 05:23 AM

Although I'm from another country, I'm sure the emotions and gratitude for those who served and sacrificed is the same world wide.
I was reading a few on-line articles and came across this picture and just had to share it.

**English Bloke** · 1st July 12, 05:42 AM

Lest we forget.

**SeumasA** · 1st July 12, 06:55 AM

One of the things that really struck my wife and me when we visited Scotland was the memorials to those who were lost on those battlefields. It seemed that every little village had one. The extent of the losses never really hit home to me until then.

**longhuntr74** · 1st July 12, 07:00 AM

That is absolutely staggering to think about...57,470 casualties IN ONE DAY! I absolutely cannot fathom that. Lest we forget...

**English Bloke** · 2nd July 12, 05:22 AM

Anyone who would like to know more of the Scottish 51st (Highland) Division and fancies reading up on the subject, there is a good website here which recounts the history of the Division from it's formation in 1908 to their disbandment in 1967. There are some superb photographs in there too.

Lest we forget.

51st (Highland) Division Memorial, Beaumont Hamel on the Somme.