Bapaume is a French commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of northern France.
Population: 4,157
Latitude: 50° 06' 13.64" N
Longitude: 2° 50' 58.78" E
The Battle of Ginchy took place on 9 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme, when the 16th Division captured the German-held village. Ginchy is 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) north-east of Guillemont, at the junction of six roads on a rise overlook…
The Schwaben Redoubt (Schwaben-Feste) was a German strong point 500–600 yards (460–550 m) long and 200 yards (180 m) wide, built in stages since 1915, near the village of Thiepval, overlooking the River Ancre. It formed part of the German defensive …
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) aims to commemorate the UK and Commonwealth dead of the World Wars, either by maintaining a war grave in a cemetery, or where there is no known grave, by listing the dead on a memorial to the missing. Th…
High Wood is a wood near Bazentin le Petit in the Somme département of northern France. After the big British attack on 14 July (Battle of Bazentin Ridge), High Wood lay undefended for most of the day but delays in communication and orders and count…
The Carrière Wellington is a museum in Arras, northern France. It is named after a former underground quarry which was part of a network of tunnels used by forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the First World War.
The Ulster Tower is a memorial to the men of the 36th (Ulster) Division in Thiepval in Northern France. The memorial was officially opened on 19 November 1921 and is a very close copy of Helen's Tower which stands in the grounds of the Clandeboye Es…
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.
This is a list of National Historic Sites of Canada (French: Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) in France.
The Capture of Trônes Wood (8–14 July) was an action in the First World War fought by the British Fourth Army and the German 2nd Army, during the Battle of the Somme. Trônes Wood lay on the northern slope of Montauban ridge, between Bernafay Wood an…
Arras Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Vaast d'Arras) is the Roman Catholic cathedral of the city of Arras in France.
The Froissy Dompierre Light Railway (CFCD) is a 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) narrow gauge light railway running from Froissy (a hamlet of La Neuville-lès-Bray) to Dompierre-Becquincourt, through Cappy, in the Somme department, France. It is run as a heri…
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.
The Abbey of St.
Arras is a railway station serving the town Arras, Pas-de-Calais department, northern France. The station opened in 1846 and is located on the Paris–Lille railway and Arras-Dunkirk railway and accessible from LGV Nord.
The Arras Memorial is a World War I memorial in France, located in the Faubourg d'Amiens British Cemetery, in the western part of the town of Arras.
The Museum of the Great War (French: Historial de la Grande Guerre) located near the heart of the World War I Somme battlefields, is housed within the Château de Péronne, a castle in the town of Péronne, France. The museum looks mostly at the Great …
The Pozières Memorial is a World War I memorial, located near the commune of Pozières, in the Somme department of France. It was unveiled in August 1930. The memorial forms the perimeter walls of a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery. It lis…
The Monchy-le-Preux Memorial is a Dominion of Newfoundland war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during the Battle of Arras of World War I.