Thiepval ( French pronunciation: [tjɛpval] ; Picard : Tièbvo ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France .
8-582: The Ulster Tower, located in Thiepval , France, is Northern Ireland's National War Memorial. It was one of the first memorials to be erected on the Western Front and commemorates the men of the 36th (Ulster) Division and all those from Ulster who served in the First World War. The memorial was officially opened on 19 November 1921 and is a very close copy of Helen's Tower which stands in
16-541: A memorial here commemorating the part played by members of the Orange Order during the battle. The inscription on this memorial reads: The memorial tower was designed by architects Albert Leigh Abbott and J.A. Bowden. Thiepval Thiepval is located 7 kilometres (4 miles) north of Albert at the crossroads of the D73 and D151 and approximately 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Amiens . The original village
24-781: The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is an imposing monument of brick and stone standing 45 m (148 ft) high. It is visible for several kilometres in every direction. It is the work of the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens . The sixteen pillars are engraved with the names of 73,367 British and Commonwealth soldiers who fell during the Battle of the Somme between July and November 1916 and who have no known grave. This Arrondissement of Péronne geographical article
32-542: The 109th Brigade crossed about 400 yards of no man's land , and kept on going. They entered the Schwaben Redoubt, and advanced on towards Stuff Redoubt, gaining in all around a mile, though not without losses. To their left, the 108th Brigade were successful in advancing near Thiepval , but less so nearer the River Ancre . The 107th Brigade supported them, but although men of the 36th Division held out for
40-632: The day the Germans mounted counterattacks, and as their stocks of bombs and ammunition dwindled, many fell back with small parties remaining in the German front lines. The casualties suffered by the 36th Division on 1 July totalled over 5,000. At the entrance to the tower is a plaque commemorating the names of the nine men of the Division who won the Victoria Cross during the Somme. There is also
48-817: The grounds of the Clandeboye Estate , near Bangor, County Down , Northern Ireland . Many of the men of the Ulster Division trained in the estate before moving to England and then France early in 1916. The Tower (plus a small cafe nearby) is staffed by members of the Somme Association, which is based in Belfast. The Division attacked the Schwaben Redoubt , which is near the Ulster Tower, on 1 July 1916. The Schwaben Redoubt
56-468: Was a little to the north-east of where the tower stands, and was a triangle of trenches with a frontage of 300 yards, a fearsome strongpoint with commanding views. It is also located close to the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme . The front lines were at the edge of Thiepval Wood which lies to the south-west of the road between the Thiepval Memorial and the Ulster Tower. Troops of
64-565: Was totally destroyed during the First World War . The present Thiepval occupies a location a short distance to the southwest of the former settlement. The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme , a major war memorial to British and Commonwealth men who died in the First World War Battle of the Somme and who have no known grave, is located near the commune. The First World War Franco-British Memorial and
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