In memoriam

Thiepval Memorial


 
 
 

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.

Three men of the North Irish Horse, Rifleman J. N. Gibson, Private R. Heathwood and Private A. Watt are commemorated here. The location of their names on the memorial is shown on the CWGC memorial plan below.

 

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