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Thiepval Memorial

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Opened August 1, 1932
Architectural styles Art Deco
Commemorated72,337
Unveiled Edward, Prince of Wales
Architects Edwin Lutyens
Burials Tom Kettle
George Butterworth
William Buckingham
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID2414579
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About Thiepval Memorial


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 Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. It is near the village of Thiepval, Picardy in France. A visitors' centre opened in 2004.

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