War Memorial, Bapaume

Name: War Memorial
Address: Bapaume, France

#3 among attractions in Bapaume

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Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I. After the end of the 1914–1918 war there was a frenzy to build memorials to commemorate those who had been killed and it has been calculated that in this period well over 36,000 individual memorials were erected throughout France with the majority of these being built between 1919 and 1926. These memorials are known as monuments aux morts - literally monuments to the dead and what are known in the United Kingdom as war memorials. ()

Local name: Monument aux MortsCoordinates: 50°6'5"N, 2°51'4"E

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Bapaume France

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War Memorial – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Delville Wood South African National Memorial, London Cemetery and Extension, Courcelette Memorial.

5.9 miSW
Cemetery
Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval
150 min walk • Caterpillar Valley Cemetery is a World War I Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Longueval, France. The cemetery is named after Caterpillar Valley which was the name given by the British army to the long valley which rises eastwards to the high ground at Guillemont.
5.6 miS
Military museum, Museum, Memorial
Delville Wood South African National Memorial, Longueval
142 min walk • The Delville Wood South African National Memorial is a World War I memorial, located in Delville Wood, near the commune of Longueval, in the Somme department of France.
5.3 miSW
Cemetery
London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval
137 min walk • The London Cemetery and Extension is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery at High Wood near Longueval, France. It is the third largest of the Somme battlefield cemeteries, containing 3,872 World War I burials.
5.5 miSW
Battlefield, Monuments and statues, Memorial
Courcelette Memorial, Martinpuich
140 min walk • The Courcelette Memorial is a Canadian war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps in the final two and a half months of the infamous four-and-a-half-month-long Somme Offensive of the First World War.
5.6 miS
Cemetery
Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
144 min walk • Delville Wood Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery located near Longueval, France and the third largest in the Somme battlefield area.
2.5 miS
Memorial
Gueudecourt Memorial
64 min walk • The Gueudecourt Memorial is a Dominion of Newfoundland war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during the Battle of Le Transloy, a sub-battle of the Battle of the Somme of World War I.
7.7 miSW
Memorial
McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial
196 min walk • McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial is a World War I memorial cairn located in the village of Contalmaison, France. Designed by the historian, Jack Alexander, it was unveiled in 2004 after being first proposed by survivors of the battalion in 1919. As such, it is the last of the 'original' Great War memorials to be built.
~810 ftE
Tomb
Bapaume Australian Cemetery, Bapaume
4 min walk • The Bapaume Australian Cemetery is a graveyard located in the French commune of Bapaume. The military cemetery is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
3.7 miE
Cemetery
Delsaux Farm Cemetery
95 min walk • Delsaux Farm Cemetery is a cemetery located in the French municipality of Beugny. The military graves are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
3.7 miSW
Cemetery
Capture of Le Sars
95 min walk • The Capture of Le Sars was a tactical incident during the Battle of the Somme. Le Sars is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. The village lies along the Albert–Bapaume road. The village is situated 16 mi south of Arras, at the junction of the D 11 and the D 929 roads.
0.7 miN
Tomb
Bapaume Communal Cemetery, Bapaume
18 min walk • The Bapaume Communal Cemetery is a cemetery located in the French commune of Bapaume. The military cemetery is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and commemorates British and Commonwealth soldiers who fought in World War I and World War II.