Communal Cemetery Extension, Albert

Name: Communal Cemetery Extension
Address: Albert, France

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The Albert Communal Cemetery Extension is a war cemetery with dead from both World War I and World War II located in the French Commune of Albert in the Somme Region. ()

Coordinates: 49°59'54"N, 2°39'17"E

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Albert France

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Communal Cemetery Extension – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Thiepval Memorial, Connaught Cemetery, Ancre British Cemetery, Authuile Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery.

3.9 miN
Monuments and statues, Memorial
Thiepval Memorial, Thiepval
99 min walk • The Thiepval Memorial, towering above the rolling countryside of the Somme in Authuille, France, stands as a poignant tribute to the missing of the Somme, commemorating more than 72,000 soldiers of the British and South African forces who died during the First World...
4.3 miN
Cemetery
Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval
111 min walk • The Connaught Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Somme region of France commemorating British and Commonwealth soldiers who fought in the Battle of the Somme in World War I.
4.8 miN
Cemetery
Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel
124 min walk • The Ancre British Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Somme region of France commemorating British and Commonwealth soldiers who fought in the Battle of the Somme in World War I.
3 miN
Cemetery
Authuile Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Authuille
76 min walk • The Authuile Military Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Somme region of France commemorating British and Commonwealth soldiers who fought in the First World War. The cemetery contains soldiers who died on a variety of dates in several battles near the French village of Authuile.
3.6 miNE
Memorial
Pozières Memorial, Pozières
93 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.
3.2 miN
Cemetery
Aveluy Wood Cemetery, Authuille
83 min walk • The Aveluy Wood Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Somme region of France commemorating British and Commonwealth soldiers who fought in the Battle of the Somme in World War I.
5.3 miN
Historical place, Memorial
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, Beaumont-Hamel
135 min walk • The Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial is a memorial site in France dedicated to the commemoration of Dominion of Newfoundland forces members who were killed during World War I.
2.7 miE
Cemetery
Fricourt German war cemetery
70 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.
4.5 miN
Tower, Memorial
Ulster Tower, Thiepval
115 min walk • 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 Division and all those from Ulster who served in the First World War.
5.4 miN
Cemetery
Y Ravine Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel
137 min walk • Y Ravine Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I situated on the grounds of Beaumont Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Park near the French town of Beaumont-Hamel.
3.7 miNE
Memorial
McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial
95 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.