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Somme WW1 Battlefield, July 1st-November 1916, France. Thiepval Memorial from the Albert-Bapaume Road. 2007

Somme WW1 Battlefield, July 1st-November 1916, France. Thiepval Memorial from the Albert-Bapaume Road. 2007
Bertie Stimpson,85, from Kelso, Scotland and his partner Dorothy find the name of Berties Uncle, Private Adam McLeish of the ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS who died fighting near GUILLEMONT on the Somme on the 30th of July 1916. His body was never found but his name is on the Thiepval Memorial.
FRANCE, THE WW1 - WORLD WAR ONE - 1914-1918 - SOMME BATTLEFIELD, 1st OF JULY 1916. THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, DESIGNED BY SIR EDWARD LUTYENS AND CONSTRUCTED IN THE MID 1930'S COMMEMORATES THE 73,367 COMMONWEALTH SOLDIERS WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEIR NAMES ARE ENGRAVED ON THE MEMORIAL.
COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH BY BRIAN HARRIS © 2006
07808-579804
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men 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.
Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world. It was inaugurated by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) in the presence of Albert Lebrun, President of France, on 1 August 1932. The unveiling ceremony was attended by Lutyens.

The memorial, which dominates the rural scene surrounding it, has 16 brick piers, faced with Portland stone. It was originally built using French bricks from Lille, but was refaced in 1973 with Accrington brick. The main arch is aligned east to west. The memorial's height is 140 feet (43 m) above the level of its podium, which to the west is itself 20 feet (6.1 m) feet above the level of the adjoining cemetery. It has foundations 19 feet (5.8 m) thick, required due to extensive wartime tunnelling beneath the structure.

It is a complex form of memorial arch, comprising interlocking arches of four different sizes. Each side of the main arch is pierced b

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Somme WW1 Battlefield, July 1st-November 1916, France. Thiepval Memorial from the Albert-Bapaume Road. 2007<br /> Bertie Stimpson,85, from Kelso, Scotland and his partner Dorothy find the name of Berties Uncle, Private Adam McLeish of the ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS who died fighting near GUILLEMONT on the Somme on the 30th of July 1916. His body was never found but his name is on the Thiepval Memorial.<br /> FRANCE, THE WW1 - WORLD WAR ONE - 1914-1918 - SOMME BATTLEFIELD, 1st OF JULY 1916. THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, DESIGNED BY SIR EDWARD LUTYENS AND CONSTRUCTED IN THE MID 1930'S COMMEMORATES THE 73,367 COMMONWEALTH SOLDIERS WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEIR NAMES ARE ENGRAVED ON THE MEMORIAL.<br /> COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH BY BRIAN HARRIS © 2006<br /> 07808-579804<br /> The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men 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.<br /> Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world. It was inaugurated by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) in the presence of Albert Lebrun, President of France, on 1 August 1932. The unveiling ceremony was attended by Lutyens.<br /> <br /> The memorial, which dominates the rural scene surrounding it, has 16 brick piers, faced with Portland stone. It was originally built using French bricks from Lille, but was refaced in 1973 with Accrington brick. The main arch is aligned east to west. The memorial's height is 140 feet (43 m) above the level of its podium, which to the west is itself 20 feet (6.1 m) feet above the level of the adjoining cemetery. It has foundations 19 feet (5.8 m) thick, required due to extensive wartime tunnelling beneath the structure.<br /> <br /> It is a complex form of memorial arch, comprising interlocking arches of four different sizes. Each side of the main arch is pierced b
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