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Thiepval Memorial
Designed by Sir Edward
Lutyens, this huge
monument, comme­
morates the missing
of the Somme.
Canadian National
Vimy Memorial
A tribute to the
Canadian soldiers who
died in the battle for
Vimy Ridge, 10 km
(6 miles) north of Arras.
Beaumont-Hamel
Newfoundland
Memorial
Surrounding the largest
unchanged section of
the Somme battlefront,
The Beaumont- this cemetery is dedi­
Hamel cated to this nearly
Newfoundland decimated regiment.
Memorial dedicated
to Canadian soldiers

Memorials and Cemeteries The Thiepval
Hundreds of thousands of war dead lie Memorial,
beneath simple white crosses in the ceme­ designed by
teries of the Western Front. For those seek­ Sir Edwin
ing the grave of an ancestor who fell there, Lutyens
the database of the Commonwealth War
Graves Commission holds details of the last
resting places or memor ials to all British
and Commonwealth dead.
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