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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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