War Memorial, Ligny-Thilloy

Name: War Memorial
Address: Ligny-Thilloy, France

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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°5'5"N, 2°49'41"E

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Ligny-Thilloy France

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Day trips

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

Nearby attractions include: Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Pozières Memorial, Delville Wood South African National Memorial, Fricourt German war cemetery.

4.4 miS
Cemetery
Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval
112 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.
6.1 miSW
Memorial
Pozières Memorial, Pozières
156 min walk • The Pozières Memorial is a World War I memorial, located near the commune of Pozières, in the Somme department of France, and unveiled in August 1930.
4.2 miS
Military museum, Museum, Memorial
Delville Wood South African National Memorial, Longueval
108 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.
7.5 miSW
Cemetery
Fricourt German war cemetery
191 min walk • Fricourt German war cemetery is near the village of Fricourt, near Albert, in the French département of the Somme. Most of the fallen were members of the Imperial German 2nd Army.
3.8 miSW
Cemetery
London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval
98 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.
4 miSW
Battlefield, Monuments and statues, Memorial
Courcelette Memorial, Martinpuich
102 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.
4.3 miS
Cemetery
Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
109 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.
1.8 miSE
Memorial
Gueudecourt Memorial
45 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.
6.1 miSW
Memorial
McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial
156 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.
1.7 miNE
Tomb
Bapaume Australian Cemetery, Bapaume
43 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.
5 miE
Cemetery
Delsaux Farm Cemetery
127 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.