Thiepval
Thiepval Memorial, 2008... Overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the Thiepval Memorial, which holds the names of 72,195 British and Commonwealth troops listed as missing after the Battle of the Somme. Along with the Menin Gate in Ypres, Thiepval is probably the most impressive - certainly in terms of size - of the memorials you're likely to encounter on a battlefield tour. Now consider the fact that the Menin Gate holds the names of another 54,896 Commonwealth soldiers who lost t
