THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

 The memorial is the largest of the memorials to the missing. It is
 the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens.

 There were 73,357 names of 'missing' soldiers, but that has now
 decreased to 72,116 as some have since been identified.

 Somme 2009 Index

The Thiepval Memorial	Explorers walking to the memorial
British graves at Thiepval Memorial	French graves at Thiepval Memorial
Thiepval Memorial	Some of the 70,000+ names
An explanation of the names on the memorial	A soldiers name has been removed
A view of the graves at the memorial	Faces of some of the names on the memorial

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