At the Thiepval Memorial in the heart of the Somme battlefields in Northern France, within easy reach of the A1 and A16 motorways for those travelling for France by car.
Visit France in July (ont the 1st of July (8.30am–12.30pm) and you get the unique opportunity to take part in a WW1 remembrance event giving attendees the time to reflect and remember where we come from. Among the most moving things to do in France, the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing commemorations, organised by The Royal British Legion and open to all, mark the beginning of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916. One of deadliest battles of the First World War, it saw 19,000 British and Commonwealth losses and 57,000 casualties on the first day alone.
Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, who also created London's Cenotaph, and unveiled in 1932, Thiepval – the largest Commonwealth war memorial in the world – is engraved with the names of more than 72,000 men from the British and South African forces reported who were missing in the Somme before 20 March 1918 but never identified or recovered. The nearby Thiepval Museum and Visitor Centre explains the Somme battles and puts them in the context of the war as a whole through a mix of audio-visuals, photographs and other compelling displays.
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