List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in the Somme
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This article lists the memorials and cemeteries around the area of the river Somme.


Memorial to the Liverpool and Manchester Pals at Montauban


7th Yorkshire Regiment Memorial at Fricourt


Statue of Marshal Foch at Bouchavesnes


Memorial to 18th Division at Thiepval


Memorial to the 46th Division at Bellenglise


Memorial at Flers


The New Zealand Memorial at Longueval


New Zealand Memorial to the Missing at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery


Memorial to the 38th (Welsh) Division at Mametz Wood

Mametz Wood was to be the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting of the opening days of the Battle of the Somme as taking the wood involved advancing uphill and over open ground whilst facing heavy machine gun fire and artillery. By 12 July the woods had been cleared of Germans but at a heavy cost with over 4,000 Welsh deaths and casualties. The Mametz memorial takes the form of a Welsh dragon challenging the wood to its fore. At one side of the base is carved the regimental cap badge of the
South Wales Borderers The South Wales Borderers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for 280 years. It came into existence in England in 1689, as Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot, and afterwards had a variety of names and headquarters. In ...
. The sculptural work was by David Petersen. The 38th (Welsh) Division was very much the result of personal initiatives by Lloyd George and was the Welsh equivalent of the "Pals" battalions from the North of England. So awful was the fighting here that a Welsh soldier, Wyn Griffith, described it as ''"the horror of our way of life and death and of our crucifixion of youth".'' 38th Division History
www.1914–1918. net. Retrieved 11 January 2013


Joint Memorial to the Black Watch and Cameron Highlanders


Australian First Division Memorial at Pozières


The Tank Memorial at Pozières


The Windmill Memorial at Pozières


The Mouquet Farm at Pozières


The Kings Royal Rifle Corps Memorial at Pozières


The Pozières British Cemetery and the Pozières Memorial to the Missing


The Thiepval Memorial


Memorial to the men of the 36th (Ulster) Division at Thiepval


The Canadian Memorial at Courcelette


Memorials at Ovillers-la-Boisselle: The Lochnagar Crater


Memorial to the 102nd and 103rd Tyneside Infantry Brigades at La Boiselle


Memorial to the 19th (Western) Division at La Boiselle


The 34th Division Memorial at La Boiselle


Serre Road


The South African Memorial at Delville Wood


Images of Delville Wood

File:Memorial avenue marker at Delville Wood.JPG, Memorial avenue marker at Delville Wood. The trench systems were named after London and Scottish streets. This enabled the soldiers to identify features of the battlefield more easily. File:SA Brigade HQ Delville Wood.jpg, South African Brigade HQ location memorial in Delville Wood. File:Delville Wood Battle July 1916.jpg, Military Artist drawing of the Battle of Delville Wood, The Somme. July 1916 File:South African Commemorative Museum (September 2010) 2.JPG, The South African Commemorative Museum File:Delville Wood Cemetery.jpg, View of Delville Wood Cemetery File:Longueval Botha.JPG, Plaque noting opening ceremony of the South African Commemorative Museum.


Memorial to the 20th Light Division


Memorial to the 16th (Irish) Division at Guillemont


Guillemont Road Cemetery


Trônes Wood and the 18th Division Memorial


Guards Division Memorial on the road from Ginchy to Lesboeufs


The Memorial to the "Bradford Pals" at Hébuterne


French Military Cemetery at Rancourt


German Military Cemetery at Rancourt


The Grévillers British Cemetery and the Grévillers Memorial


Rancourt British Cemetery


Memorial to the "Salford Pals" at Authuile


The Australian Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux


Newfoundland Memorial Park


Beaucourt Naval Division Memorial


The Piper's Memorial at Longueval


The McCrae's Battalion Memorial


Gallery of images

File:Piper's Memorial 1.jpg, The Piper's Memorial at Longueval File:Mémorial de Rancourt-PM 24783.jpg, The church alongside Rancourt French Military Cemetery File:Raymond Asquith02.jpg, Portrait of Raymond Asquith (1878-1916) published in "the Sphere" on 23 September 1916, eight days after Asquith's death File:French Ossuary Serre-Hébuterne.jpg, Ossuary at Serre-Hébuterne French Military Cemetery File:Walls of Pozieres.jpg, View of Pozières Memorial File:Memorial Sheffield Park Serre France.jpg, Memorial to York and Lancasters near Serre. File:Thiepval Memorial (September 2010) 3.JPG, Inscription on Thiepval Memorial. File:Thiepval Memorial battle roundels 8.JPG, One of the roundels on Thiepval Memorial. These roundels mark all the engagements in which the British Army fought. File:Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery (September 2010) 5.JPG, Memorial in Anglo-French cemetery behind the Thiepval Memorial. File:Pozières (Australiens à l'honneur).jpg, Pozières welcomes Australians. As one enters Pozières one is greeted by a painting of an Aussie soldier. File:Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks.jpg, English: British Vickers machine gun crew wearing PH-type anti-gas helmets. Near Ovillers during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916. The gunner is wearing a padded waistcoat, enabling him to carry the machine gun barrel. File:Lochnagar Crater 28-09-2008 14-46-25.JPG, Cross by Lochnagar Crater at Ovillers-la-Boisselle.


See also

* List of World War I Memorials and Cemeteries in Alsace *
List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in the Argonne The Forest of Argonne in Northeastern France contains several World War I memorials, monuments, ossuaries and cemeteries. These are dedicated to the soldiers who died in combat during that war from the United States, France, Italy and the Germ ...
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List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Artois This is a List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Pas-de-Calais, within the historic County of Artois and present day Pas-de-Calais Department of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, located in northeastern France. World War I battles in this ...
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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-Ardenne. The modern-day Champagne-Ardenne, bordering Belgium in northeast France, covers four departments: Aube, Ardennes, Haute-Marne, and Marne. This region saw much fig ...
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List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Flanders Several war memorials and war graves have been erected in the Belgian region Flanders to memorialize the events that took place there during World War I. By the end of 1914 the Western Front ran from Nieuwpoort on the North Sea Coast to t ...
* List of World War I Memorials and Cemeteries in Lorraine *
List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Verdun This is a List of World War I cemeteries and memorials in Verdun. Verdun saw significant loss of life in several battles for the town during the First World War, particularly the Battle of Verdun. Cemeteries and memorials have been set up for bot ...
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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. In this region the monuments and cemeteries are divided into: tho ...


Further reading

* Alexandre Thers. "La Somme L'offensive traqique". * "Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battlefields (1914–1918)". and 0 904775 19 4 both cover The Somme, the first in 1916 and the second in 1918. * "Michelin's Illustrated Guides to the Battlefields (1914–1918). Amiens". . * Ian Uys. "Longueval". * Ray Westlake. "Kitchener's Army" * "Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battlefields (1914–1918). Soissons" . * G. Gliddon. "VCs Handbook. The Western Front 1914–1918" * P. Longworth. "The Unending Vigil" * M. Brown. "Book of the Somme" * Ian Uys. "Delville Wood" * A.H. Farrar-Hockley. "The Somme" * Lyn MacDonald. '' Somme'' * Chris McCarthy. "The Somme. The Day-by-Day Account" * Jack Alexander. "McCrae's Battalion"


References

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External links

* Franc
Searchable French website
Enables searches to be made for French soldiers killed in 1914–1918 * Australia

An excellent website for matters concerning the Australian Imperial Force. * Canad
Canadian Government website
Again has facilities to search for Canadian service records of the 1914–1918 war. * German
German website
Comprehensive details of German cemeteries, etc. * *Somme *Somme Somme Buildings and structures in Somme (department) Somme, river * Tourist attractions in Somme (department) World War I in the Somme Somme Memorials and Cemeteries in the Somme