bordered by a low rubble wall Simon Norfolk / INSTITUTE A memorial in Thiepval names more than 72,000 Allied men who died on the Somme but have no known grave. Simon Norfolk / INSTITUTE “On July ...

War graves lit up for a vigil to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme at the Thiepval memorial Source: AAP The French had Verdun, Australians have ...

A First World War memorial dedicated to a soldier who was fatally shot as he delivered a message during the Battle of Somme has been given Grade II listing. The memorial, in a Chorley churchyard ...

He later informs me that his Grandfather was killed in the battle. My own Grandad ... live coverage of the centenary Somme commemoration at the Thiepval Memorial, France, to remember the one ...

The Battle of the Somme was one of the most significant campaigns of World War One, as the Allied forces attempted to break through the German front line in northern France, 1916. This interactive ...

The battle saw more than one million ... Edinburgh Castle, the Somme Heritage Centre in County Down, the Welsh National War Memorial in Cardiff, as well as in France, the silence was observed ...