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	New Statesman - Monuments to the missing
		Nikolaus Pevsner's opinion is typical: Thiepval reveals "little of the best of Lutyens"; his art was "petrified by the cold, never wholly relaxing grip of Palladianism".
		And anyway, the arch (or arches) at Thiepval is not a religious monument; it was certainly not constructed with a denominational bias.
		The link between houses such as Marsh Court or Tigbourne Court and Thiepval is the breathtaking deftness of the architectonic mind that is revealed.
	www.newstatesman.com /200607170049 (1405 words)

	The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing: The Missing of the Somme
		Thiepval remains one of the most impressive memorials on the Western Front and can be seen for miles around; it is the largest of all the memorials to the missing on the British sector of the Western Front, being 150 feet high with base 123 by 140 feet.
		The Thiepval Memorial is well signposted from many locations on the Somme battlefield, but the best way to reach it from Bapaume (the way most people come into the area) is to follow the D929 in the direction of Albert.
		The Thiepval Visitors Centre opened in July 2004, and has toilets, a small shop, exhibition area, and drinks machines.
	battlefields1418.50megs.com /thiepval_memorial.htm (547 words)

	KINOULTON, THIEPVAL, VIMY RIDGE
		Thiepval is the largest and one of the most emotive memorials to the missing from any war in which this country's soldiers have died.
		There have been many visitors to the memorial and many of them are displaying on the Internet their photographs of the site, the surrounding territory, the Roll of Honour and the stories of the servicemen killed in the battle.
		The British Government and the French have each promised to contribute towards the required funding of £900,000 and a further sum may be forthcoming from EU funding.
	www.melton-twinning.org.uk /canal-areas3.htm (587 words)

	Winner of the 2002 WFA Undergraduate Essay Award
		Looking first at the Thiepval Memorial, a glance at the map shows that it is close to the north-western corner of the main 1916 battlefield.
		A study of that cemetery shows that up to 1,500 graves were moved there from the Thiepval area, an obvious clearance of wartime cemeteries in preparation for the building of the Thiepval Memorial and the surrounding park which commenced in 1929.
		Thiepval is a relatively marginal part of the 1916 battlefield and the Fifth Army, in its fighting retreat through this area in March 1918, was never at Pozières; the nearest Fifth Army units in the retreat were nearly seven miles away to the South, beyond the River Somme.
	www.wfa-usa.org /new/sommemem.htm (1229 words)

	Thiepval Charity Site
		We were honoured with a high calibre of candidates for this RBL funded position and extend a warm welcome to Lawrence as an additional member of the Thiepval team.
		The award winners this year were Aimée Fox and Robert Frostick and they arrived at Thiepval on 23 July' to be greeted by representatives of the Royal British Legion, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Vincent and his staff at the Centre.
		June 2006 the Thiepval Project handed over the last vestiges of their responsibility in respect of the new Visitor Centre to the Conseil Général de la Somme.
	www.thiepval.org.uk /stop_press.htm (912 words)

	World War One Battlefields : The Somme : Thiepval
		Thiepval was one of the fortress villages that was held by the Germans on the Somme front in 1916.
		After the War ended, Thiepval was chosen as the location for the Memorial to the Missing to commemorate those who died in the Somme sector before the 20th of March 1918 and have no known grave.
		The Thiepval Memorial is the largest of the Memorials to the Missing, and the last on the Western Front to be unveiled (one day after that at Arras).
	www.ww1battlefields.co.uk /somme/thiepval.html (2962 words)

	Thiepval
		Thiepval is a village in the Somme département, Picardy region of Northern France.
		It is situated 4.5 miles (7 Km) north of Albert at the crossroads of the D73 and D151.
		In further recognition of this, a cemetery containing 300 British Commonwealth and 300 French graves lies at the foot of the memorial.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/t/th/thiepval.html (391 words)

	tScholars.com \| Battle of Thiepval Ridge (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Battle of Thiepval Ridge was the first large offensive mounted by the British Reserve Army of Lieutenant General Hubert Gough during the Battle of the Somme.
		Beginning on 26 September, the battle saw the capture of the German fortress of Thiepval which had been an objective on 1 July, 1916, the first day on the Somme, and had repeatedly defied British attempts to capture it.
		General Gough was keen to continue the pressure on the German defences and so the fighting entered a new attritional phase, known as the Battle of the Ancre Heights.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Battle_of_Thiepval (248 words)

	The Bear of Naden
		Thiepval was a village in the Somme department of France around which action took place during the Battle of the Somme that began July 1, 1916 (WWI, 1914 - 1918).
		HMCS Thiepval, in pursuit of rumrunners, strikes an uncharted pinnacle rock at high tide and sinks in Barkley Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island on Feb. 27, 1930.
		Bruno ate a combination of caustic soda and soap, and died, to be mourned by the crew of HMCS Thiepval.
	www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org /resource_pages/chars/naden_bear.html (610 words)

	Battle of Thiepval Ridge (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Beginning on 26 September, the battle saw the capture of the German fortress of Thiepval which had been an objective on 1 July, 1916, the First day on the Somme, and had repeated defied British attempts to capture it.
		Also taken was the German redoubt of Mouquet Farm by the 11th (Northern) Division - this position had been attacked without success in August and September by Australian, and later Canadian, divisions.
		It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/ba/Battle%20of%20Thiepval%20Ridge.htm (200 words)

	Thiepval: The Memorial to the Missing
		As you travel along the main road from Albert to Pozieres, the route to the 1916 front line, it is impossible to miss the massive brick structure on the ridge to your left.
		The Memorial to the Missing at Thiepval sits on the Leipzig Redoubt, the scene of much fierce fighting throughout the period of the battle from July to November 1916.
		The first casualty of Thiepval was a Frenchman (Boromée Vaquette) who was shot by accident by the French as the German army arrived in the area on 27 September 1914.
	www.webmatters.net /france/ww1_thiepval.htm (535 words)

	Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval, Somme, France
		Before the 1916 Battle of the Somme, Thiepval was in German hands, garrisoned by the 160th Regiment of Wurtembergers.
		Thiepval remained under Allied occupation until 25 March 1918 when it was lost during the great German offensive, but it was retaken on the following 24 August by the 17th and 38th (Welsh) Divisions.
		Connaught Cemetery was begun during the early autumn of 1916 and at the Armistice it contained 228 burials.
	www.ww1cemeteries.com /ww1frenchcemeteries/connaught.htm (200 words)

	Toronto Catalog (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The front lines were at the edge of Thiepval Wood which lies to the south-west of the road between the Thiepval memorial and the Ulster Tower.
		On 26 September 1916 an attack was launched on the Thiepval Ridge from the Schwaben Redoubt to Courcelette.
		Mouquet Farm and Thiepval fell, but it was 14 October before the Schwaben Redoubt was finally cleared.
	www.torontopost.biz /Info/?Ulster_Tower_Thiepval (912 words)

	Thiepval Barracks : Thiepval Barracks (Site not responding. Last check: )
		'''Thiepval Barracks''' in Lisburn, County Antrim, is the headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland and its Belfast Regional Command.
		The barracks is named after the village of Thiepval in Northern France, an important site in the Battle of the Somme (1916) and site of the Thiepval war memorial.
		This bombing was the first major attack on a military base since the ending of the IRA's ceasefire on February 9 1996 when it exploded a device at Canary Wharf.
	www.gogeeky.net /title/thiepval-barracks (247 words)

	First Day of the Somme - Thiepval
		To the north, however, the attack on Thiepval failed.
		Here the wire had been cut and, attacking at 7.30am, they were able to advance some 400 yards to an area called the Schwaben redoubt (labelled 'b' on the map).
		The Thiepval Memorial commemorates 75,000 British dead lost during the whole of the Battle of the Somme).
	www.johndclare.net /wwi2_FirstDay_Thiepval.htm (959 words)

	thiepval stock images / stock images of thiepval photos search (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cross of Sacrifice at the Thiepval Memorial, Somme ?
		Rear of the Thiepval Monument & Cross of Sacrifice ?
		Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France ?
	www.photographersdirect.com /stockimages/t/thiepval.asp (561 words)

	Thiepval Somme 1916
		Thiepval was one of the largest villages on the Somme in 1914, dominated by a large chateau (left) which employed many people on the chateau estate lands.
		British troops arrived in the Thiepval sector in the summer of 1915, when the 51st (Highland) Division relieved French territorials in the nearby Thiepval Wood.
		Today Thiepval is dominated by the Thiepval Memorial, and is now one of the smallest communes in the Department of the Somme.
	www.somme-1916.com /thiepval.htm (383 words)

	Thiepval Memorial to the missing
		At the end of September, Thiepval was finally captured.
		In the spring of 1917, the German forces fell back to their newly prepared defences, the Hindenburg Line, and there were no further significant engagements in the Somme sector until the Germans mounted their major offensive in March 1918.
		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.
	www.ww1cemeteries.com /ww1cemeteries/thiepvalmemorial.htm (1002 words)

	Western Front Association Contributed Articles
		In the spring of 1917, the German forces fell back to their newly prepared defences, the Hindenburg Line, and there were no further significant engagements in the Somme sector until the Germans mounted their major offensive in March 1918.
		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.
		Location: The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).
	www.westernfrontassociation.com /thegreatwar/articles/sourcesofinfo/thiepvalmemorial.htm (606 words)

	Sittingbourne Remembers
		The plan of attack was to visit Thiepval and surrounding area first, then up to Vimy and the Museum there.
		Firstly to the church to lay wreaths for Local men, then onto The Thiepval Memorial itself where wreaths were laid for the fallen.
		Thiepval is now more of a hamlet rather than a village because the Chateu was destroyed along with the rest of the village.
	www.pigstrough.co.uk /ww1/Thiepval.htm (656 words)

	The Whitby High School - WWI Battlefields History Trip Index Page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Salford Pals and the Newcastle Commercials were to attack the fortified village of Thiepval, on a spur of high ground projecting into the British front line.
		Repeated attempts during the morning led to further heavy casualties and the attempt on Thiepval was eventually abandoned.
		In the spring of 1917, the German forces fell back to their newly prepared defences, the Hindenburg Line, and there were no further significant engagements in the Somme sector until the Germans mounted their major offensive in March 1918.
	www.whitbyhs.cheshire.sch.uk /archived/curric/history/trips/battlefields/battlefields2004/thiepval/thiepval.htm (2676 words)

	Thiepval, the Somme, France
		Thiepval commemorates 100,000 French and British soldiers who fell here during the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916 and were listed as missing in action.
		Thiepval is a place to ruminate on how an old civilization, once vibrant and confident, lost its heart and self-assurance and descended into the twin madnesses of fascism and communism.
		What to add to the journey: Thiepval is near the village of Albert, itself only a few miles from Amiens and its landmark gothic cathedral.
	www.theculturedtraveler.com /Archives/May2003/Thiepval.htm (397 words)

	Thiepval Memorial to the Missing and Cemetery
		The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929) turning left and following the signs from Pozières.
		Unlike most cemeteries with just one register, Thiepval has dozens, further highlighting the scale of numbers commemorated on its walls.
		At the end of September, Thiepval was finally captured.
	www.webmatters.net /cwgc/thiepval_memorial.htm (772 words)

	First World War.com - The Western Front Today - 18th Division Memorial, Thiepval
		The British 18th Division had three memorials established in their honour in the post-war years: at Clapham Junction on the Menin Road in the Ypres Salient, and at Trones Wood and Thiepval in the Somme.
		The memorial at Thiepval (which represents 18th Division's role in the Somme Offensive) is sited behind the vast Memorial to the Missing monument and a short distance from the Ulster Tower and both Mill Road and Connaught cemeteries.
		It is a copy of the Trones Wood memorial and bears the inscription "this is my command, that ye love one another".
	216.110.168.114 /today/18thdivisionmemorial_thiepval.htm (164 words)

	Thiepval Charity Site
		This website was the UK fundraising vehicle for the establishment of a Visitor Centre near to the Lutyens memorial to the Missing of the Battle of the Somme at Thiepval.
		After eight years during which the dreams of thousands of benefactors gradually became reality the new Centre is now open and, as always planned, is the property of the Conseil Général of the Somme and under the management of their Historial de la Grande Guerre (museum) of
		Thiepval is the largest and one of the most emotive memorials to the Missing from any war in which British soldiers have died.
	www.thiepval.org.uk (441 words)

	THIEPVAL - Informations communales
		The Thiepval Memorial commemorates almost 73000 soldiers who died on the Somme...
		The Thiepval Memorial is well signposted from many locations on the Somme...
		On the left in the distance, the immense Thiepval Memorial to the Missing.
	www.pages-france.com /picardie/somme/thiepval-80300.php (653 words)

	La grande guerre avec les chemins de mémoire, à la découverte des hauts lieux de mémoire
		Thiepval hill, village and (now disappeared) chateau - along with Hamel - were one of the German defence lines' strongholds north of the British flank in 1916.
		The 36th Ulster division controlled the area from the skirts of Thiepval Forest to the village of Hamel.
		Thiepval Visitor Centre opened on 1 July 2004, by the Great War's most emblematic and busiest memorial.
	www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr /page/affichelieu.php?idLang=en&idLieu=2111 (907 words)

	First World War.com - The Western Front Today - Thiepval Memorial to the Missing
		Opened on 31 July 1932 by the Prince of Wales, the Thiepval memorial was and remains the largest British war memorial in the world.
		The memorial contains the names of 73,357 British and South African men who have no known grave and who fell on the Somme between July 1916 and 20 March 1918.
		A "Communication Trench" was a narrow trench constructed at an angle to a defensive trench to permit concealed access to the defensive trench.
	www.firstworldwar.com /today/thiepval.htm (210 words)

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