Thiepval (; pcd, Tièbvo) is a
commune in the
Somme __NOTOC__
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department in
Hauts-de-France in northern
France
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.
Thiepval is located north of
Albert 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 and
Commonwealth 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 be ...
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 List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
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. 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 be ...
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 Fou ...
(1916)
*
Ulster Tower Thiepval
*
Schwaben Redoubt
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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