Mémorial Franco-Britannique de Thiepval (picardie)
Type: building=yes
Coordinates: 50.050558977239696, 2.6856839870416493
Area: 0.00168640673828125 km²
OSM tags:
alt_name: Thiepval Memorial
building: yes
description: The Thiepval Memorial, towering over 45 m in height, dominates the landscape for miles around. It is the largest Commonwealth memorial in the world & commemorates more than 72,000 British & S. African men who died in Somme sector & have no known grave.
heritage: 3
historic: memorial
inscription: "HERE ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF THE OFFICERS AND MAN OF THE BRITISH ARMIES WHO FELL ON THE SOMME BATTLEFIELDS JULY 1915 FEBRUARY 1918 BUT THO WHOM THE FORTUNE OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THEIR COMRADES IN DEATH
memorial: war_memorial
mhs:inscription_date: 2016-09-14
name: Mémorial Franco-Britannique de Thiepval
name:en: Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme 1915 - 1918
operator: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
ref:FR:MemorialGenWeb: 995644
ref:mhs: PA80000092
source:heritage: Ministère de la Culture - 2025-09
tourism: attraction
website: https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-cemeteries-and-memorials/80800/thiepval-memorial
wikipedia: fr:Mémorial de Thiepval