Memorials
Australian Divisions
Australian 1st Division Memorial
Located just outside the town of
Pozières
.
50°02'17.66"N, 2°43'17.20"E -
Placemark
Australian 2nd Division Memorial
Located at
Mont St Quentin.
49°56'51.61"N,
2°55'55.91"E -
Placemark
Australian 3rd Division Memorial
Photo courtesy of Nicolas Goret
Located at Sailly-le-Sec.
49°56'10.13"N,
2°34'46.68"E -
Placemark
Australian 4th Division Memorial
Photo courtesy of www.diggerhistory.info
Located at Bellenglise.
49°55'50.33"N,
3°13'35.72"E -
Placemark
Australian 5th Division Memorial
Located at Polygon Wood 50°51'22.25"N, 2°59'31.66"E - Placemark
Thiepval
This British Memorial is 45 metres tall and visible from many area in the region. It can be seen from places such Pozières and gives you a good idea of the overall objective of these battles.
Cemetery behind the Memorial has an equal number of unknown French and British
soldiers
It is the World's largest war memorial with the names of 72,085 British and South African troops missing in action or with no known grave.
British Memorial
Thiepval fell on September 28, 1916.
Some of the names of 72,085 missing or unknown soldiers
Ulster
36th Ulster Division Memorial
The Ulster Tower Memorial is a tribute to all the Ulstermen who died in this location and elsewhere on the Western Front. The tower is an exact copy of the tower that is located on the grounds of Clandeboyne, County Down where the 36th trained before arriving on the Western Front. The original tower in County Down was a memorial to Helen, mother of the Marquis of Dufferin, located in the family park.
Inside the Tower is a museum that is open every day except Mondays.
29th Division
29th Division Memorial
This Memorial is situated at the entrance to the Newfoundland Park.
Newfoundland Memorial Park
Caribou monument points in the direction of attack
The Newfoundland Memorial Park covers 80 acres of which 40 acres are in a sector held on July 1 by the Royal Newfoundland Regiment of the 29th Division. The Regiment was annihilated in the initial attack after an attacking mine was detonated 10 minutes too early. This time allowed the enemy to re-occupy the ground and totally destroy the attacking Regiment.
At the base of the Caribou monument is a memorial to the Newfoundland missing at land and sea. It contains the names of 800 who failed to return.
Remaining trench lines
This park is probably the best preserved example of the battlefields of World War I being left untouched since the event.
Ploegstreect
British Lions guarding Ploegsteert Memorial
Ploegsteert Memorial
Corcelette
This memorial to Canadians at Corcelette is located near Pozières. All Canadian memorial except for two ( Vimy Ridge being one ) are like this one.