Thiepval Memorial - Inauguration Ceremony

Name: Thiepval Memorial - Inauguration Ceremony
Start: 2022-09-17T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T12:00:00+02:00
Location: Mémorial de Thiepval

Honouring 72,000 Soldiers Lost in the Battle of the Somme

Saturday 17 September 2022, 11:00Passed

Conditions

Open access

On the occasion of the Memorial’s 90th anniversary and to celebrate the completion of the renovations, come and pay tribute to the 72,000 soldiers lost during the Battle of the Somme. The official ceremony will be embellished with lyrical songs like «Sleep» or «Les roses Picardie» composed during the First World War. They will be performed by the lyric singer Emma Brown accompanied by a piano.

Types d'événement

Concert

Thème 2022

No selection

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

Mémorial de Thiepval

Rue de l'Ancre

Somme
Hauts-de-France

The Franco-British Memorial in Thiepval is one of the largest memorials in the world. Inaugurated in 1932, it lists the names of more than 72,000 soldiers lost in the fighting. Maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the Memorial recalls that the Battle of the Somme, from July 1 to November 18, 1916, was the bloodiest of the Great War with 1,200,000 casualties. Hundreds of thousands of visitors (a large majority of whom are British) visit this site every year on pilgrimage.