The building of a log cabin at the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial - a memorial site dedicated to the commemoration of Dominion of Newfoundland forces members killed during World War I. The site is 9 kilometres north of Albert, France near the town of Beaumont-Hamel in an area containing numerous cemeteries and memorials related to the Battle of the Somme. The Battle was the regiment's first major engagement and during an assault that lasted approximately 30 minutes was all but wiped out. Purchased by the people of Newfoundland, the site is the largest battalion memorial on the Western Front and the largest area of the Somme battlefield that has been preserved.