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Thiepval Memorial

 

Thiepval 1

 

The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. The memorial also serves as an Anglo-French Battle Memorial in recognition of the joint nature of the 1916 offensive and a small cemetery containing equal numbers of Commonwealth and French graves lies at the foot of the memorial. The memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, was built between 1928 and 1932 and unveiled by the Prince of Wales, in the presence of the President of France, on 1 August 1932.

Four men of the North Irish Horse are commemorated here, 2nd Lieutenant John William McVicker, Rifleman J. N. Gibson, and Privates A. Holland and R. Heathwood. The location of their names on the memorial is shown on the CWGC cemetery and memorial plan on this page.

 

 

Thiepval 2

 

Thiepval 3

 

Images 1 and 3 Copyright © Phillip Tardif with all rights reserved as set out in this Use of Material policy. Image 2 courtesy of Steve Rogers at the War Graves Photographic Project. Information and memorial plan sourced from Commonwealth War Graves Commission www.cwgc.org.