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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memorial in the commune to the 38th (Welsh) Division at Mametz Wood. Indian cavalry patrol in Mametz, July 1916. Australian 5th Division near Mametz,...
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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 Bourlon Wood Memorial, near Bourlon, France, is a Canadian war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps during the final months...
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sculptors who sometimes work collaboratively with their father. The Mametz Wood memorial commemorates an action of the 38th (Welsh) Division of the British...
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The Delville Wood South African National Memorial is a World War I memorial, located in Delville Wood, near the commune of Longueval, in the Somme department...
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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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Montauban to the north-east and Carnoy and Maricourt are to the south-east. Mametz Wood is 1,000 yd (910 m) to the north-west and before 1914, the village was...
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Services Memorial Arras Memorial Hohenzollern Redoubt Memorial La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial Le Touret Memorial Loos Memorial Mametz Wood Memorial McCrae's...
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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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This article lists the memorials and cemeteries around the area of the river Somme. Mametz Wood was to be the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting of...
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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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The Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux is the main memorial to Australian military personnel killed on the Western Front during World War...
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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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Commonwealth War Graves Commission (category British military memorials and cemeteries)
Neuve-Chapelle Memorial for the forces of India, the Vimy Memorial by Canada, the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial by Australia, the Delville Wood Memorial by South...
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the most costly battles in military history. Since then, cemeteries and memorials have been established for casualties on both sides, as well as for significant...
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served in 38th (Welsh) Division and led the division's costly attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme. The battalion continued to serve on the...
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Glade of the Armistice (redirect from Alsace-Lorraine Memorial)
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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but have no known grave. It also includes the Meuse-Argonne American Memorial. This cemetery is maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission...
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Battle of Bazentin Ridge (section Trônes Wood)
protected by garrisons in Mametz and Trônes woods. Most of Mametz Wood had already been captured and the fight for Trônes Wood continued. Haig was also...
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remains. The Memorial Chapel is built over the site of front-line battle trenches dug in defense of Belleau Wood. When entering the Memorial Chapel, one...
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The Loos Memorial is a World War I memorial forming the sides and rear of Dud Corner Cemetery, located near the commune of Loos-en-Gohelle, in the Pas-de-Calais...
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to distant Queens Borough Hall and subsequently in December 2013 to Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. In late 1917, MacMonnies was commissioned by a group...
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Monuments aux Morts (redirect from War memorials in France)
French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I. After the end of the 1914–1918 war there was a frenzy to build memorials to commemorate...
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The Cambrai Memorial to the Missing (sometimes referred to as the Louverval Memorial) is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) memorial for the missing...
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The Australian Memorial Park is a World War I memorial, located near Fromelles, France, commemorating Australians killed during the Battle of Fromelles...
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The Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial is a World War I memorial in France, located on the outskirts of the commune of Neuve-Chapelle, in the département of...
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This is the List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Champagne-Ardenne. The modern-day Champagne-Ardenne, bordering Belgium in northeast France...
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Georges Vérez (section War memorials)
"Croissy-sur-Seine War Memorial". Retrieved 17 November 2013. "Omiécourt War Memorial". Retrieved 18 November 2013. "Granville War Memorial". Retrieved 17 November...
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