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The Best Attractions In Thiepval

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Mill Road Cemetery

Ulster Memorial Tower

Connaught Cemetery

Thiepval Memorial

Historial de la Grande Guerre - Musee de Thiepval

Chateau de Pierrefonds

Cap Blanc Nez

Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial

Parc du Marquenterre

La Coupole

Musee Somme 1916

Thiepval is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Thiepval is located 4.5 miles north of Albert at the crossroads of the D73 and D151 and approximately 20 miles northeast of Amiens.
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The Best Attractions In Thiepval

1. Thiepval Memorial Thiepval
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. It is near the village of Thiepval, Picardy in France. A visitors' centre opened in 2004. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, Thiepval has been described as the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century.
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2. Historial de la Grande Guerre - Musee de Thiepval Thiepval
3. Ulster Memorial Tower Thiepval
The Ulster Tower is Northern Ireland's national war memorial. It was one of the first Memorials to be erected on the Western Front and commemorates the men of the 36th Division and all those from Ulster who served in the First World War. The memorial was officially opened on 19 November 1921 and is a very close copy of Helen's Tower which stands in the grounds of the Clandeboye Estate, near Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Many of the men of the Ulster Division trained in the estate before moving to England and then France early in 1916. The Tower is staffed by members of the Somme Association, which is based in Belfast.
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4. Connaught Cemetery Thiepval
The Connaught Rangers were an Irish line infantry regiment of the British Army formed by the amalgamation of the 88th Regiment of Foot and the 94th Regiment of Foot in July 1881. Between the time of its formation and Irish independence, it was one of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland. Its home depot was in Galway. It was disbanded following the establishment of the independent Irish Free State in 1922, along with the other five regiments that had their traditional recruiting grounds in the counties of the new state.
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5. Mill Road Cemetery Thiepval
Mill Road Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I situated near the French town of Thiepval. The cemetery was established as a battlefield cemetery for troops killed in the Battle of the Somme. Battlefield clearances of the surrounding area in 1919 significantly increased the size of the cemetery. The cemetery was extended after the Armistice with graves brought in from the battlefields of Beaumont-Hamel and Thiepval and from the smaller Division Road Cemeteries No. 1 and No. 3 and St Pierre-Divion Cemetery No. 2 The cemetery now contains the graves of 1304 Commonwealth soldiers, 815 of which are unidentified. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.
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6. Chateau de Pierrefonds Pierrefonds
The Château de Pierrefonds is a castle situated in the commune of Pierrefonds in the Oise département of France. It is on the southeast edge of the Forest of Compiègne, northeast of Paris, between Villers-Cotterêts and Compiègne. The Château de Pierrefonds includes most of the characteristics of defensive military architecture from the Middle Ages, though it underwent a major restoration in the 19th century.
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7. Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Beaumont Hamel
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 74-acre 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.The Battle of the Somme was the regiment's first major engagement, and during an assault that lasted approximately 30 minutes the regiment was all but wiped out. Purchased in 1921 by the people of Newfoundland, the memorial site is the largest battalion memorial on the Western Front, and the largest area of the Somme battlefield that has been preserved. Along with preserved trench lines, there are a number of memorials and...
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8. Parc du Marquenterre Saint Quentin En Tourmont
9. Cap Blanc Nez Wissant
Cap Gris-Nez is a cape on the Côte d'Opale in the Pas-de-Calais département in northern France. It is between Wissant and Audresselles, in the commune of Audinghen. The cliffs of the cape are the closest point of France to England – 34 km from their English counterparts at Dover. Smothered in sea pinks and thrift, the cliffs are a perfect vantage point to see hundreds of ships, from oil tankers to little fishing trawlers, plying the waters below. On a clear day, the emblematic white cliffs of Dover on the English shore can be seen.
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10. La Coupole Saint Omer
La Coupole , also known as the Coupole d'Helfaut-Wizernes and originally codenamed Bauvorhaben 21 or Schotterwerk Nordwest , is a Second World War bunker complex in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, about 5 kilometres from Saint-Omer, and some 14.4 kilometers south-southeast from the less developed Blockhaus d'Eperlecques V-2 launch installation in the same area. It was built by the forces of Nazi Germany between 1943 and 1944 to serve as a launch base for V-2 rockets directed against London and southern England, and is the earliest known precursor to modern underground missile silos still in existence. Constructed in the side of a disused chalk quarry, the most prominent feature of the complex is an immense concrete dome, to which its modern name refers. It was built above ...
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11. Musee Somme 1916 Albert

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Hauts-de-France Tourist Attractions: 10 Top Places to Visit

Planning to visit Hauts-de-France? Check out our Hauts-de-France Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Hauts-de-France.

Top Places to visit in Hauts-de-France:
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, Vimy Memorial, Thiepval Memorial, Australian War Memorial, Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens, Les Phoques de la Baie d'Authie, Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Delville Wood War Memorial, Cap Blanc Nez, Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon

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Places to see in ( Bayeux - France ) British War Cemetery

Places to see in ( Bayeux - France ) British War Cemetery

The Bayeux War Cemetery is the largest Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located in Bayeux, Normandy. The cemetery contains 4,648 burials, mostly of the Invasion of Normandy.Opposite this cemetery stands the Bayeux Memorial which commemorates more than 1,800 casualties of the Commonwealth forces who died in Normandy and have no known grave.

The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by France in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of France during the war. In addition to the Commonwealth burials, there are 466 graves of German soldiers.

The cemetery contains the Cross of Sacrifice or War Cross, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). Queen Elizabeth II and President of France Jacques Chirac attended ceremonies at the cemetery on June 6, 2004, marking the 60th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. Queen Elizabeth II and President of France François Hollande attended ceremonies at the cemetery on June 6, 2014, marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.

( Bayeux - France ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Bayeux . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Bayeux - France

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3 Day Tour Of The WW1 Western Front

Our private and personal tour of the Western Front from WW1. Just a few hours from London. Travel with us to The Somme, Ypres, Arras, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele, Thiepval and much, much more with your friendly guide and historian.

Soldier Monuments in Albert France

Whilst on a visit to the Somme battlefields I stopped off in the town of Albert. As a monument to the soldiers who fought in the battles in the areas during the First World War there are a number of statues have been erected throughout the town. These include a French soldier (in from of the train station), a Scottish piper, an Australian and a British 'tommy' (around the Place d'Armes) and a German soldier (in the Jardin Public Arboretum).

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2018 - Vacation France & Switserland

Summer vacation in France and Switserland.

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WW1 France trip

Easter Weekend Trip to Northern France to visit the WW1 Memorials

Boer War Memorial in Canterbury

Boer War Memorial in Canterbury, Kent, UK

Bayeux War Cemetery, Normandy, France

This is the impressive war Memorial at the Bayeux World War 2 Cemetery at Bayeux, Normandy, France

The German Fortifications At Langemarck Cemetary

A walk along the German fortifications at Langemarck

Armistice Centenary 2018 Somme Tour - Delville Wood Cemetery

This video features the Pals' Battalion marching to the cemetery in 2016 and the 2018, 100 years Remembrance Event and fine renderings of Abide with me and The Greater Game.
This cemetery was built after the Armistice, when graves from small burial sites and individual battlefield burial plots were brought here to this site. There are 5,523 First World War British and Commonwealth casualties buried here. Of these 3,593 are unidentified. Most of the burials in the cemetery were casualties who died in the months of July, August and September during the heavy fighting of the 1916 Battle of the Somme, It is in this vicinity that William Jonas gave up his life whilst trapped in a trench with his schoolboy pal and O's team mate Richard McFadden who was fatally injured. The wood holds tragic memories for South Africans who played a notable part in the battle of Longueval Ridge thus the South African Memorial is located here.
Members of the Leyton Orient Football Club commemorate the 1918 Armistice of World War One and the footballers of the club, then called Clapton Orient, who made the ultimate sacrifice during the Battle of the Somme.
The Band was originally formed in 2012 by officers, staff, former officers and boys of the 17th Waltham Forest Boys’ Brigade Company which is based in Highams Park Baptist Church.
Former and current members from other Companies have since joined the band, namely 11th Enfield, 6th 9th and 28th Waltham Forest, 14th Haringey and 2nd Sawston.
In 2015, it became known as the 17th Pals’ Battalion Band due to its considerable work commemorating the service and sacrifice made by the professional footballers, staff and supporters who volunteered to serve in the 17th Battalion Middlesex Regiment – more commonly known as the Footballers’ Battalion.

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