Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial war memorial

The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major Commonwealth war memorial in France commemorating over 72,000 British and South African soldiers who died in the Battle of the Somme and have no known grave.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Memorial to the Missing of the Somme at Thiepval (consulting role)	0	1
Thiepval Visitor Centre	0	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial → war memorial →
architecturalStyle	monumental architecture →
category	British military memorials and cemeteries → South African military memorials and cemeteries → World War I memorials in France →
commemoratedForces	British Army → Armed Forces of South Africa → surface form: South African forces
commemorates	Battle of the Somme → British soldiers missing in action on the Somme → South African soldiers missing in action on the Somme →
commemoratesConflict	World War I →
commemorativePeriod	1915–1918 Somme sector missing →
constructionStartDate	1928 →
coordinates	approximately 50.045°N 2.686°E →
country	France →
dedicatedTo	soldiers with no known grave →
designedBy	Edwin Lutyens →
features	Cross of Sacrifice nearby → Stone of Remembrance → large central arch → piers bearing names of the missing →
hasNearbyCemetery	Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery →
hasVisitorCentre	Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme self-linksurface differs → surface form: Thiepval Visitor Centre
height	about 45 metres →
heritageDesignation	major war memorial of the Commonwealth →
inscriptionLanguage	English → French →
locatedIn	Hauts-de-France NERFINISHED →
location	Thiepval, Somme, France →
maintainedBy	Imperial War Graves Commission → surface form: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
materialUsed	brick → stone →
near	Albert, Somme → Amiens NERFINISHED →
notableFor	largest Commonwealth war memorial to the missing in the world →
numberOfNamesCommemorated	over 72,000 →
ownedBy	Imperial War Graves Commission → surface form: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
partOf	Somme battlefields memorials →
regionServed	South Africa → United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
subjectOf	Commonwealth war remembrance ceremonies →
unveiledBy	Edward, Prince of Wales →
unveilingDate	1 August 1932 →
yearCompleted	1932 →

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Somme, France → containsFeature → Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme →

subject surface form: Somme

Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme → hasVisitorCentre → Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Thiepval Visitor Centre

Battle of the Somme → memorial → Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme →

Edwin Lutyens → notableWork → Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme →

Paul Philippe Cret → notableWork → Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme →

this entity surface form: Memorial to the Missing of the Somme at Thiepval (consulting role)