Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
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Delville Wood Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery located near Longueval, France and the third largest in the Somme battlefield area. ()
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Delville Wood Cemetery – 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.
- 0.9 miWCemetery
Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval
24 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.
- 4.4 miWMemorial
Pozières Memorial, Pozières
112 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.
- ~290 ftNMilitary museum, Museum, Memorial
Delville Wood South African National Memorial, Longueval
2 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.
- 4.5 miWCemetery
Fricourt German war cemetery
116 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.
- 1.7 miNWCemetery
London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval
44 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.
- 3.4 miNWBattlefield, Monuments and statues, Memorial
Courcelette Memorial, Martinpuich
88 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.
- 3.4 miNEMemorial
Gueudecourt Memorial
87 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.
- 3.7 miWMemorial
McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial
94 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.
- 3.8 miSWMemorial
Mametz Wood Memorial, Mametz
98 min walk • The Mametz Wood Memorial commemorates an engagement of the 38th Division of the British Army during the First Battle of the Somme in France in 1916.
- 3 miSECemetery
Nécropole nationale française de Maurepas
77 min walk • The National Necropolis of Maurepas is a French military cemetery of the First World War located on the territory of the commune of Maurepas, on the edge of the RD 146 north of the RD 938 about ten kilometers northwest of Péronne.
- 3.5 miSWCemetery
Devonshire Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Mametz
89 min walk • Devonshire Cemetery is a small Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial site for some of the British Empire and Commonwealth troops killed during the Battle of the Somme. It is located near to the village of Mametz.