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    The La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial is a World War I memorial in France, located on the south bank of the river Marne, on the outskirts of the commune of...
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    La Ferté-sous-Jouarre (French: [la fɛʁte su ʒwaʁ] ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne département in the Île-de-France region in north-central France...
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    Commonwealth War Graves Commission (category British military memorials and cemeteries)
    commemorated by a name on a headstone, at an identified site of a burial, or on a memorial. War dead are commemorated uniformly and equally, irrespective of military...
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    Douaumont Ossuary (category World War I memorials in France)
    The Douaumont Ossuary (French: Ossuaire de Douaumont) is a memorial containing the skeletal remains of soldiers who died on the battlefield during the...
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    battle of the First Battle of the Marne World War I casualties La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial La Délivrance Second Battle of the Marne Herwig 2009, p. 244...
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    preserved when the rest of the building was demolished in 1980. La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial HMS Mons, ships of the Royal Navy named in honour of the battle...
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    dogged, bearded French soldier was widely used in propaganda and war memorials. The stereotype of the poilu was of bravery and endurance, but not always...
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    November 2019. Marival, Guy (November 2007). "Des bleuets par milliers…" (PDF). La lettre du Chemin des Dames n° 12 (in French). Archived from the original (PDF)...
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    monument. In 2011, the Musée de la Grande Guerre du pays de Meaux opened next to the monument. The World War I Memorial, in Atlantic City, New Jersey,...
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    The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is a war memorial site in France dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the...
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    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...
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  • Gate Memorial to the Missing), in Ypres, Belgium The La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial (also known as the Memorial to the Missing of the Marne), La Ferté-sous-Jouarre...
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  • 119th (aux frères – their brothers in arms) Memorial at Confrecourt Part of the La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial Foch depicted at Dormans on plaque which includes...
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    Glade of the Armistice (French: Clairière de l'Armistice) is a French war memorial in the Forest of Compiègne in Picardy, France, near the city of Compiègne...
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  • Graves Commission on the La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial with other British soldiers who have no known grave. Also known as the Memorial to the Missing of the...
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    prisoners and 250 guns for 536 casualties. Retreat from Mons La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial Hastings 2013, p. 260. Hastings 2013, pp. 261–262. Edmonds 1926...
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    with British forces which had been in Belgium since August. La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial Skinner & Stacke 1922, p. 7. Skinner & Stacke 1922, pp. 7–8...
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  • and the spot is marked by a memorial known as the "Trench of Bayonets" The monument carries at its front the words " A la mémoire des soldats français...
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    The Verdun Memorial is a war memorial to commemorate the Battle of Verdun, fought in 1916 as part of the First World War. It is situated on the battlefield...
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    The Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial is a memorial site in France dedicated to the commemoration of Dominion of Newfoundland forces members who were...
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    Hill Memorial is a pair of Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorials in Trinity Square Gardens, on Tower Hill in London, England. The memorials, one...
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    His remains were never recovered, he is remembered on the La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial. Jesse T. Holmes - Of the 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (24068...
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  • The Mametz Wood Memorial commemorates an engagement of the 38th (Welsh) Division of the British Army during the First Battle of the Somme in France in...
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    World War I cemetery in France. It is located east of the village of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon in Meuse. The cemetery contains the largest number of American...
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    the second (April–May 1917) and the third (May–June 1918). La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial Neil Douglas Findlay - the first British General to die in the...
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    the First World War. La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial – Located in France Scotland portal Armed Forces Memorial Canadian war memorials Military history of...
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  • the head and died instantly. Manners is commemorated at the La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial on the south bank of the River Marne in France. A bronze effigy...
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    Hartmannswillerkopf (category World War I memorials in France)
    preserved, especially on the German side of the front line. There is a small memorial on the D431 north of Vieil Armand, commemorating Halifax bomber MZ807 of...
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  • instantly. He has no known grave, but is commemorated on the La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial. A number of relatives were also first-class cricket, including:...
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    Montescudo. The site includes a chapel with a register of buried soldiers. A memorial cross is located at the furthest point from the entrance, and features...
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