This article lists the memorials and cemeteries around the area of the river Somme. Battle of the Somme 1916 map

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
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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.

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