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Memorial to the Strasbourg citizens who died for their country
  
 
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Revision as of 07:41, 20 May 2009

Appenwihr : Appenwihr Cemetery - Commonwealth War Graves Section

Submitted by Christine in Herts
Submitted by Christine in Herts
Submitted by Christine in Herts



Auchonvillers : Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery

Submitted by Chrissie Smiff


Beaumont-Hamel : Hunter's Cemetery

Submitted by Chrissie Smiff


Beaumont-Hamel : Newfoundland Memorial

Submitted by Margaret in Burton
Submitted by Margaret in Burton


On July 1, 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme in World War I, 801 soldiers of the 1st Newfoundland Regiment rose from the British trenches and went into battle at Beaumont-Hamel, nine kilometers north of Albert in France. After only 30 minutes the regiment was devastated. Only 68 men stood to answer the regimental roll call the next morning. 255 were dead, 386 were wounded, and 91 were listed as missing in action and presumed dead. Every officer who had gone over the top was either wounded or dead. The Caribou memorial overlooks the ground across which the regiment advanced. (Source: Wikipedia)

Beaumont-Hamel : "Y" Ravine Cemetery

Submitted by Chrissie Smiff


Cambrai : Cambrai East Military Cemetery

Submitted by Chrissie Smiff


Doullens : Communal Cemetery

Submitted by Chrissie Smiff
Submitted by Chrissie Smiff


Etaples : Military Cemetery

Submitted by Chrissie Smiff
Submitted by Chrissie Smiff
Submitted by Chrissie Smiff


Flesquieres Hill : British Cemetery

Submitted by Chrissie Smiff


Fouquereuil : Sandpits British Cemetery

Submitted by WendyPusey
Submitted by WendyPusey
Submitted by WendyPusey


Guillemont : Guillemont Road Cemetery

Submitted by Chrissie Smiff


Hermies : British Cemetery

Submitted by Chrissie Smiff


Hermies Hill : British Cemetery

Submitted by Chrissie Smiff



Longueval : Delville Wood Cemetery

Submitted by Chrissie Smiff


Loos : Dud Corner Cemetery

Submitted by Chrissie Smiff


Doignies

Submitted by Chrissie Smiff


Haisnes : St. Mary's A.D.S. Cemetery

Submitted by Chrissie Smiff


Merville : Communal Cemetery

Submitted by Chrissie Smiff


Ovillers : Military Cemetery

Submitted by Cloggie
Submitted by Cloggie
Submitted by Cloggie


Ovillers-la-Boisselle : Pozieres British Cemetery

Submitted by Chrissie Smiff


Ribecourt : British Cemetery

Submitted by Chrissie Smiff


Roclincourt : Arras Road Cemetery

Submitted by Chrissie Smiff


Soissons : Soissons Memorial

Submitted by taffyfrog


Strasbourg : Place Broglie

Submitted by John-Nihon
Submitted by John-Nihon
Submitted by John-Nihon

Memorial to General LeClerc and to the soldiers who died during the battle to liberate Strasbourg during WWII.



Strasbourg : Place de la République

Submitted by John-Nihon
Submitted by John-Nihon

Memorial to the Strasbourg citizens who died for their country


Thiepval : Memorial to the Missing of the Somme

Submitted by Cloggie
Submitted by Christine in Herts
Submitted by Christine in Herts
Submitted by Christine in Herts
Submitted by Christine in Herts

The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and is a war memorial to 72,090 British and South African men who died during the Battle of the Somme in World War I and who have no known grave. It is located near Thiepval, Picardie.


Thiepval : The Ulster Tower

Submitted by Margaret in Burton


Vimy Ridge : Canadian Memorial

Submitted by Margaret in Burton


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