Thiepval (; pcd, Tièbvo) is a
commune
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* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
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in the
Somme department
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Government and military
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in
Hauts-de-France
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in northern
France
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.
Thiepval is located north of
Albert
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at the crossroads of the D73 and D151 and approximately northeast of
Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...
.
Population
First World War
The original village was totally destroyed during the
First World War
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. The present Thiepval occupies a location a short distance to the southwest of the former settlement. The
Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme
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 ...
, a major war memorial to
British
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and
Commonwealth
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men who died in the First World War
Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme ( French: Bataille de la Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place bet ...
and who have no known grave, is located near the commune.
Memorials
The
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
Franco-British Memorial and the
Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme
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 ...
is an imposing monument of brick and stone standing high. It is visible for several kilometres in every direction. It is the work of the architect
Sir Edwin Lutyens
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. The sixteen pillars are engraved with the names of 73,367 British and Commonwealth soldiers who fell during the
Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme ( French: Bataille de la Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place bet ...
between July and November 1916 and who have no known grave.
See also
*
Battle of Thiepval Ridge
The Battle of Thiepval Ridge was the first large offensive of the Reserve Army (Lieutenant General Hubert Gough), during the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front during the First World War. The attack was intended to benefit from the Four ...
(1916)
*
Ulster Tower Thiepval
The Ulster Tower, located in Thiepval, France, 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 (Ulster) Division and all those from Ulster wh ...
*
Schwaben Redoubt
The Capture of Schwaben Redoubt () was a tactical incident in the Battle of the Somme, 1916 during the First World War. The redoubt was a German strong point long and wide, built in stages since 1915, near the village of Thiepval and overlooki ...
References
External links
* Prysor, Glyn
Thiepval Memorial, in
1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Communes of Somme (department)
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