Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery

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Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery is a First World War military burial ground in northern France where British Commonwealth and French soldiers who fell on the Somme are interred side by side as a symbol of shared sacrifice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I cemetery ⓘ
military cemetery ⓘ
adjacentTo Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme ⓘ
associatedWith British Empire ⓘ
Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
burialOf British Commonwealth soldiers ⓘ
French soldiers ⓘ
burialPeriod 1914–1918 ⓘ
category Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in France ⓘ
French military cemetery ⓘ
commemorates soldiers killed on the Somme ⓘ
conflict Battle of the Somme ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
country France ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
hasAccess public ⓘ
hasFeature formal garden design ⓘ
landscaped lawns ⓘ
mixed Anglo-French layout ⓘ
rows of British Commonwealth headstones ⓘ
rows of French crosses ⓘ
hasGraveType Commonwealth war graves ⓘ
French military graves ⓘ
hasInscriptionLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
hasTheme international remembrance ⓘ
reconciliation ⓘ
locatedIn Thiepval ⓘ
locatedInRegion Hauts-de-France ⓘ
Somme department ⓘ
linked to: Somme (department)
locatedOn Western Front ⓘ
maintainedBy Commonwealth War Graves Commission ⓘ
French authorities ⓘ
near Albert, Somme ⓘ
Ancre valley ⓘ
partOf Somme battlefields remembrance sites ⓘ
purpose commemoration of World War I dead ⓘ
military burial ground ⓘ
symbolizes Anglo-French solidarity ⓘ
shared sacrifice ⓘ
tourismType remembrance tourism site ⓘ
war tourism site ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Thiepval, Somme, France → hasCemetery → Anglo-French cemetery at Thiepval ⓘ
linked to: Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery
Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery → locatedIn → Thiepval ⓘ
linked to: Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery