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The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen 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. A visitors' centre opened in 2004. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, Thiepval has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century".

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rdfs:label	Thiepval Memorial (en) Thiepval-Denkmal (de) Mémorial de Thiepval (fr) Memoriale di Thiepval (it) Thiepval Memorial (nl)
rdfs:comment	Le mémorial franco-britannique est un monument commémoratif de la Première Guerre mondiale, situé sur le territoire de la commune d'Authuille, à proximité du village de Thiepval, dans le département de la Somme. Il est dédié aux armées franco-britanniques et aux soldats britanniques disparus pendant la bataille de la Somme au cours du second semestre de 1916. Un cimetière militaire où sont inhumés des soldats français et britanniques se trouve à ses pieds. Un centre d'accueil et d'interprétation a été construit à l'entrée du site. (fr) The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen 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. A visitors' centre opened in 2004. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, Thiepval has been described as "the greatest executed British work of monumental architecture of the twentieth century". (en) Il Memoriale di Thiepval ai caduti della Somme, semplicemente noto come Memoriale di Thiepval, è il più grande memoriale britannico, costruito per ricordare lo sforzo anglo-francese e i 72.191 soldati britannici e sudafricani caduti nella battaglia della Somme della prima guerra mondiale. Inaugurato nel 1932, è situato vicino al villaggio di Thiepval, in Piccardia. (it) Das Thiepval-Denkmal ist ein Ehrenbogen in der nordfranzösischen Gemeinde Authuille. Es ist benannt nach dem nahe gelegenen Dorf Thiepval. Der 45 Meter hohe, auf 16 Pfeilern ruhende Bogen wurde von Edwin Lutyens im Auftrag der britischen Regierung entworfen und 1932 in Ziegelbauweise errichtet. Das Monument erinnert an Soldaten der britischen und südafrikanischen Armee-Einheiten, die im Ersten Weltkrieg in der Schlacht an der Somme gefallen sind und nicht mehr in einem eigenen Grab bestattet wurden. Unter den derzeit (2010) 72.090 eingemeißelten Namen findet sich auch der britische Komponist George Butterworth. Der Soldatenfriedhof hinter dem Denkmal markiert die Frontlinie am 1. Juli 1916, dem ersten Tag der Schlacht. Später aufgefundene und identifizierte Gefallene werden hier mit militä (de) Thiepval Memorial is een oorlogsmonument gelegen nabij het Franse dorp Thiepval in het departement Somme. Het staat een paar honderd meter ten zuiden van het dorpscentrum van Thiepval, op het grondgebied van buurgemeente Authuille. (nl)
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