Thursday 21 April 2011

Somme - Thiepval Memorial



Thiepval. The memorial is dedicated to the 72,000 officers and men who died on the Somme before March 1918, andhave no known grave. Of those lost, 90% fell during the Battles of the Somme in 1916.
Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, it was built between 1928 and 1932, and unveiled in 1932 by the Prince of Wales.

CWGC Thiepval Memorial


THEIR NAMES CUT DEEP & CLEAR!