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Thiepval is a village and commune in the Somme département, Picardy région of Northern France. Population (1999): 98. Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 291 KB)Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France This photograph was taken by User:Arcturus on 14th August 2004. ...
Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 291 KB)Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France This photograph was taken by User:Arcturus on 14th August 2004. ...
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Thiepval may refer to: Thiepval village and memorial Thiepval Barracks, a major British Army command in Northern Ireland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ...
Somme is a French département, named after the Somme River, located in the north of France. ...
The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ...
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France is divided into 26 régions: 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a territorial collectivity, not a région, but is referred to as a région in common...
Geography
Thiepval is located 4.5 miles (7 km) north of Albert at the crossroads of the D73 and D151. Albert is a commune of the Somme département, in northern France. ...
History The original village was totally destroyed during World War I. The present Thiepval occupies a location a short distance to the southwest of the former settlement. “The Great War †redirects here. ...
Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme Thiepval is the location of the major war memorial to British and South African men who died in the World War I Battle of the Somme and who have no known grave. The Memorial was built approximately 200 metres to the south-east of the former Thiepval Chateau, which was located on lower ground, by the side of Thiepval Wood. The grounds of the original chateau having been unsuitable as it would have required the relocation of gravesites located around the numerous medical aid stations dug during the war. Combatants British Empire United Kingdom Australia Canada New Zealand Newfoundland South Africa France German Empire Commanders Douglas Haig Joseph Joffre Max von Gallwitz Fritz von Below Strength 13 British and 11 French divisions (initial) 51 British and 48 French divisions (final) 10½ divisions (initial) 50 divisions (final) Casualties 419,654...
The memorial, which dominates the rural scene, has sixteen piers of red brick, faced with Portland stone. It is 150 feet (46 m) high, with foundations 19 feet (6 m) thick; required due to extensive wartime tunneling beneath the structure. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the biggest British battle memorial in the world. It was inaugurated by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) in the presence of Albert Lebrun, President of France, on 31 July 1932. Edwin Lutyens Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, OM, KCIE, PRA (29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was a leading 20th century British architect who is known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era. ...
The Prince of Wales Feathers. This Heraldic badge of the Heir Apparent is derived from the ostrich feathers borne by Edward, the Black Prince. ...
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; later The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India from the death of his father, George V (1910–36), on 20...
Albert Lebrun (August 29, 1871 - March 6, 1950) was a French politician, President of France from 1932 to 1940, and as such was the last president of the Third Republic. ...
The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ...
is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The memorial is reserved for those missing, or unidentified, soldiers who have no known grave. On the Portland Stone piers are engraved the names of over 72,000 men who were lost in the Somme battles between July 1916 and March 1918, most of whom died in the first Battle of the Somme between 1 July and 4 November 1916. Consequently, when the remains of a soldier listed on the memorial are found and identified, he is given a funeral with full military honours and his remains buried in the closest cemetery to his location; his name is then removed from the memorial. This has resulted in numerous gaps in the lists of names. is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Thiepval Memorial also serves as an Anglo-French battle memorial to commemorate the joint nature of the 1916 offensive. In further recognition of this, a cemetery containing 300 British Commonwealth and 300 French graves lies at the foot of the memorial. Many of the soldiers buried here are unknown. The British Commonwealth graves are rectangular and made of white stone, while the French graves have grey stone crosses. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...
Each year on 1 July a major ceremony is held at the memorial. is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
A visitors' centre opened in 2004. The Royal British Legion have a representative at the centre. His name is Lawrence Brown and he can be contacted at lbrownrblthiepval@hotmail.fr , he is hugely knowledgeable about the battle of the Somme and happy to help with any enquiries. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
External links - Somme 90th Anniversary Pictures from Thiepval
Coordinates: 50°03′N, 2°42′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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