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List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in the Somme

Index List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in the Somme

This article lists the memorials and cemeteries around the area of the river Somme. [1]

55 relations: Albert Toft, Albert, Somme, Alfie Briggs, Alfred Turner (sculptor), Ammonal, Andy DeComyn, Bapaume, Battle of Amiens (1918), Battle of Flers–Courcelette, Battle of the Somme, Beaumont-Hamel, Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, Capture of Schwaben Redoubt, Capture of Trônes Wood, Charles Carrington (historian), Contalmaison, Dalkeith Thistle F.C., Delville Wood South African National Memorial, Dunfermline Athletic F.C., Edward Carson, Edwin Lutyens, Falkirk F.C., George McCrae (politician), H. H. Asquith, Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt, Heart of Midlothian F.C., Henry Lukin, Hibernian F.C., Korean War, Laurence Arthur Turner, Linlithgow Rose F.C., List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Artois, List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Champagne-Ardennes, List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Flanders, List of World War I Memorials and Cemeteries in Lorraine, List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in the area of the St Mihiel salient, List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in the Argonne, List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Verdun, Lochnagar mine, Longueval, Mametz Wood Memorial, McCrae's Battalion, Mines on the first day of the Somme, Newtongrange Star F.C., Pozières Memorial, Raith Rovers F.C., Rancourt, Somme, Raymond Asquith, Royal Scots, Tate Britain, ..., Thiepval Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Villers–Bretonneux Australian National Memorial, William Harrison Cowlishaw, World War I Memorials and Cemeteries in Alsace. Expand index (5 more) »

Albert Toft

Albert Toft (3 June 1862 – 18 December 1949) was an English sculptor.

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Albert, Somme

Albert is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Alfie Briggs

Alfred Ernest Briggs (4 February 1888 – 18 March 1950) was a Scottish professional football wing half who played in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian.

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Alfred Turner (sculptor)

Alfred Turner (28 May 1874 – 18 March 1940) Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture.Retrieved 25 August 2012.

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Ammonal

Ammonal is an explosive made up of ammonium nitrate and aluminium powder, not to be confused with T-ammonal which contains trinitrotoluene as well to increase properties such as brisance.

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Andy DeComyn

British artist and sculptor born Worcestershire, England in 1966.

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Bapaume

Bapaume is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

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Battle of Amiens (1918)

The Battle of Amiens, also known as the Third Battle of Picardy (3ème Bataille de Picardie), was the opening phase of the Allied offensive which began on 8 August 1918, later known as the Hundred Days Offensive, that ultimately led to the end of the First World War.

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Battle of Flers–Courcelette

The Battle of Flers–Courcelette was fought during the Battle of the Somme in France, by the French Sixth Army and the British Fourth Army and Reserve Army, against the German 1st Army, during the First World War.

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Battle of the Somme

The Battle of the Somme (Bataille de la Somme, Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and France against the German Empire.

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Beaumont-Hamel

Beaumont-Hamel is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial

The Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial is a memorial site in France dedicated to the commemoration of Dominion of Newfoundland forces members who were killed during World War I. The preserved battlefield park encompasses the grounds over which the Newfoundland Regiment made their unsuccessful attack on 1 July 1916 during the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

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Capture of Schwaben Redoubt

The Capture of Schwaben Redoubt (Schwaben-Feste) was a tactical incident in the Battle of the Somme, 1916.

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Capture of Trônes Wood

The Capture of Trônes Wood (8–14 July) was an action in the First World War fought by the British Fourth Army and the German 2nd Army, during the Battle of the Somme.

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Charles Carrington (historian)

Charles Edmund Carrington, MC (21 April 1897 — 21 June 1990) was a scholar, Professor of History at Cambridge University, Educational Secretary to Cambridge University Press and a historian specialising in the British Empire and Commonwealth, a Professor of Commonwealth Relations at the Royal Institute of International Affairs and the author of a number of books academic, learned and biographical.

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Contalmaison

Contalmaison is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Dalkeith Thistle F.C.

Dalkeith Thistle Football Club are a Scottish football club from the town of Dalkeith, Midlothian.

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Delville Wood South African National Memorial

The Delville Wood South African National Memorial is a World War I memorial, located in Delville Wood, near the commune of Longueval, in the Somme department of France.

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Dunfermline Athletic F.C.

Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly known as just Dunfermline.

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Edward Carson

Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson, PC, PC (Ire), KC (9 February 1854 – 22 October 1935), from 1900 to 1921 known as Sir Edward Carson, was an Irish unionist politician, barrister and judge.

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Edwin Lutyens

Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, (29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era.

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Falkirk F.C.

Falkirk Football Club is a Scottish professional association football club based in the town of Falkirk.

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George McCrae (politician)

Colonel Sir George McCrae DSO MP (28 August 1860 – 27 December 1928) was a Scottish textile merchant and Liberal Party politician.

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H. H. Asquith

Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), generally known as H. H. Asquith, was a British statesman of the Liberal Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916.

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Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt

Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt was a German front-line fortification, west of the village of Beaumont Hamel on the Somme.

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Heart of Midlothian F.C.

Heart of Midlothian Football Club, commonly known as Hearts, is a Scottish professional football club based in Gorgie in the west of Edinburgh.

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Henry Lukin

Major General Sir Henry Timson Lukin (24 May 1860 – 15 December 1925) was a South African military commander.

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Hibernian F.C.

Hibernian Football Club, commonly known as Hibs, is a Scottish professional football club based in Leith in the north of Edinburgh.

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Korean War

The Korean War (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).

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Laurence Arthur Turner

Laurence Arthur Turner (9 July 1864 – 4 October 1957) was an English artisan and master craftsman.

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Linlithgow Rose F.C.

Linlithgow Rose Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Linlithgow, West Lothian.

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List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Artois

List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Artois, within the historic County of Artois and present day Pas-de-Calais Department of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, located in northeastern France.

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List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Champagne-Ardennes

This is the List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Champagne-Ardennes.

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List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Flanders

This list of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Flanders describes some of the war cemeteries and memorials erected in Flanders to mark events there during World War I. By the end of 1914 the Western Front ran from Nieuwpoort on the North Sea Coast to the Swiss Border.

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List of World War I Memorials and Cemeteries in Lorraine

Lorraine comprises the "départements" of Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle and Vosges and the principal cities are Nancy, Bar-le-Duc, Metz and Épinal.

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List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in the area of the St Mihiel salient

List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in the area of the Saint-Mihiel salient, in the present day Meuse department of the Lorraine region, located in northeastern France.

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List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in the Argonne

The forest itself was thick and impenetrable and between 1914 and 1915, neither German nor French Armies could take and hold the area in its entirety and in an area roughly seven miles wide and two miles deep some 150,000 men were to die in the daily encounters which punctuated those two years.

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List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Verdun

This is a list of World War I cemeteries and memorials in Verdun.

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Lochnagar mine

The Lochnagar mine was an underground explosive charge, secretly planted by the British during the First World War, ready for 1 July 1916, the first day on the Somme.

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Longueval

Longueval is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Mametz Wood Memorial

The Mametz Wood Memorial commemorates an engagement of the 38th (Welsh) Division of the British Army during the First Battle of the Somme in France in 1916.

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McCrae's Battalion

McCrae's Battalion was the affectionate name given by the people of Edinburgh to the 16th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Scots in World War I, raised from volunteers in 1914 as part of the New Armies called to the Colours by Lord Kitchener.

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Mines on the first day of the Somme

The 19 mines on the first day of the Somme comprised a series of underground explosive charges, secretly planted by British tunnelling units beneath the German front lines on the Western Front during the First World War, ready to be detonated in the morning of Saturday 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme (1 July – 18 November 1916).

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Newtongrange Star F.C.

Newtongrange Star Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the village of Newtongrange, Midlothian.

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Pozières Memorial

The Pozières Memorial is a World War I memorial, located near the commune of Pozières, in the Somme department of France, and unveiled in August 1930.

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Raith Rovers F.C.

Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife.

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Rancourt, Somme

Rancourt is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Raymond Asquith

Raymond Herbert Asquith (6 November 1878 – 15 September 1916) was an English barrister and son of British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith.

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Royal Scots

The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), once known as the Royal Regiment of Foot, was the oldest and most senior infantry regiment of the line of the British Army, having been raised in 1633 during the reign of Charles I of Scotland.

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Tate Britain

Tate Britain (known from 1897 to 1932 as the National Gallery of British Art and from 1932 to 2000 as the Tate Gallery) is an art museum on Millbank in the City of Westminster in London.

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Thiepval Memorial

The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave.

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Villers-Bretonneux

Villers-Bretonneux is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Villers–Bretonneux Australian National Memorial

The Australian National Memorial, Villers–Bretonneux is the main memorial to Australian military personnel killed on the Western Front during World War I. It is located on the Route Villiers-Bretonneux (D 23), between the towns of Fouilloy and Villers-Bretonneux, in the Somme département, France.

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William Harrison Cowlishaw

William Harrison Cowlishaw (1869–1957) was a British architect of the European Arts and Crafts school and a follower of William Morris.

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World War I Memorials and Cemeteries in Alsace

This is a list of World War 1 Memorials and Cemeteries in Alsace. The Western Front ran across the Haute Alsace, across Le Bonhomme, passing Le Ligne, on near Munster, Reichackerkopf and Sondernach.

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World War I memorials and cemeteries in the Somme.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_I_memorials_and_cemeteries_in_the_Somme

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