You can see this small memorial on the side of the road going from Le Hamel to Bouzencourt, 50 meters south from the hamlet. It has the shape of a cut column, which would symbolize the lives suddenly taken. It is on a ground where a few bushes grow. Until a few years ago, two original-shaped maritime pine trees grew there.

This column has been elevated to the memory of Lieutenant Francis Leopold Mond and Lieutenant Edgar Meath Martyn whose aeroplane crashed there, on may 15th, 1918, at 12:50 in the morning.

One can read the following French text :

" THIS MONUMENT IS ELEVATED TO THE MEMORY OF : CAPTAIN FRANCIS L. MOND. RFA and RAF and OF LIEUTENANT EDGAR M MARTYN RAF from the ENGLISH FLYING CORPS 57th SCADRON fallen gloriously on this spot while fighting against German aeroplanes on May 15th, 1918 per ardua ad astra* ".

A "V" (standing for "Victory") and a cross of Lorraine are engraved at the base of the monument. These symbols of resistance date from World War II.

Originally, this monument was built on private grounds of 1900 square metres bought by Captain Mond's family in 1919. Of this, sixty four square yards were surrounded by an iron chain railing supported by stone pillars and planted with flowers, shrubs and trees. It is said that until the end of the 1970s, someone of this family mourned here one day each year. The ground has been saved from the agricultural thirst. Nowadays, Le Hamel takes care of it because it doesn't depend on CWGC nor any other associations.

The troops on the ground were witnesses of the crash. Lieutenant Albert Hill, from 31st battalion AIF, volunteered to rescue the two pilots, under enemy fire, with some of his men. Unfortunatly, they have both died in the crash.