Thiepval

Thiepval is a small village in northeastern France where Britain established a magnificent monument for about 70,000 unidentified and missing British and South african soldiers who died during the Battle of Somme between July and november 1916. It was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest of all British war monuments in the world. As the remains of fallen soldiers were (and are) found and identified, their names were (are) removed from the monument and given a military honorary burial in their home town. Therefore, there are several gaps among all the names that still remain.