stunsworth Posted June 30, 2006 Share #1 Posted June 30, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Tommorow marks the 60th anniversary of the start of the battle of the Somme. By the time it ended in November there were over 400,000 British casualties, almost 200,000 French ones and over 600,000 German ones. This memorial to those whose bodies were never found is at Thiepval. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 Hi stunsworth, Take a look here Thiepval memorial, France. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
andybarton Posted June 30, 2006 Share #2 Posted June 30, 2006 Lest we forget, Steve. I have a Great Uncle on the Thiepval Memorial. The new visitors' centre is a very worthwhile addition to the memorial. If there is anyone here who wants to read a novel which really brings home life in the trenches 90 years ago, I can commend Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/026-3089859-1494807?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=blended&field-keywords=birdsong And if anyone wants the address of a British couple who run a fine B&B on the Front Line, and know more about The Great War than anyone I have ever met, I will gladly pass on their details. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted July 1, 2006 Author Share #3 Posted July 1, 2006 Andy, I went to the visitor's centre before walking up to the memorial. Could you drop me a line with the b&b couple's details? I'm bound to be back in Northern France over the next year or so. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_clarke Posted July 1, 2006 Share #4 Posted July 1, 2006 Steve - I was there 6 years ago tracking my great uncles who were both killed on the Somme - 2 years apart! Its a very emotive experience seeing a family name on the column. On a glorious July day, strangely there were no birds singing. I swear, if there are ghosts.... Graeme Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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