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Top 5 Things to do in Pozieres, Hauts-de-France
Discover the best top things to do in Pozieres, France including Pozieres Memorial, Tank Corps Memorial, 1st Australian Division Memorial, Windmill Memorial, Le Tommy.
1. Pozieres Memorial
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5.0 based on 72 reviews
The POZIERES MEMORIAL relates to the period of crisis in March and April 1918 when the Allied Fifth Army was driven back by overwhelming numbers across the former Somme battlefields, and the months that followed before the Advance to Victory, which began on 8 August 1918. The Memorial commemorates over 14,000 casualties of the United Kingdom and 300 of the South African Forces who have no known grave and who died on the Somme from 21 March to 7 August 1918. The Corps and Regiments most largely represented are The Rifle Brigade with over 600 names, The Durham Light Infantry with approximately 600 names, the Machine Gun Corps with over 500, The Manchester Regiment with approximately 500 and The Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery with over 400 names. The memorial encloses POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, Plot II of which contains original burials of 1916, 1917 and 1918, carried out by fighting units and field ambulances. The remaining plots were made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields immediately surrounding the cemetery, the majority of them of soldiers who died in the Autumn of 1916 during the latter stages of the Battle of the Somme, but a few represent the fighting in August 1918. There are now 2,758 Commonwealth servicemen buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 1,380 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 23 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. There is also 1 German soldier buried here. The cemetery and memorial were designed by W.H. Cowlishaw, with sculpture by Laurence A. Turner. The memorial was unveiled by Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien on 4 August 1930.
Reviewed By elsie505 - Chislehurst, United Kingdom
Beyond words, such loss. The cemetry gardens were beautiful, the flowers in full bloom amongst the headstones...so many young men buried, so many names on the walls....
2. Tank Corps Memorial
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4.5 based on 39 reviews
Reviewed By IWNoordergraaf - Groningen, The Netherlands
Just along the Bapaume-Albert road you find many tokens and monuments of the events, the huge battles of the Great War. To place this monument at the exact location where battle tanks were used for the very first time in recent history is a good service for the tank-freaks from all over the world.
3. 1st Australian Division Memorial
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4.5 based on 26 reviews
Reviewed By 750dimitrisl - Sydney, Australia
The 1st Australian Division Memorial is a reminder of the heroic efforts of the Australian volunteer troops that took part in the battles of the Somme. The fighting around Pozieres was particularly fierce with great casualties. The Memorial site was chosen immediately after the war as it had made such deep impression on the minds of the soldiers. This is a must visit particularly for Australians.
4. Windmill Memorial
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4.5 based on 15 reviews
Reviewed By Skip-011 - Brisbane, Australia
Work in progress. Site of great cultural and historical significance. Worth a visit to understand first hand the heartache the Australians suffered in winning the war. Donations welcome to get the memorial built.
5. Le Tommy
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4.0 based on 61 reviews
Reviewed By keith2904 - Prestatyn, United Kingdom
Great place to visit. Good plain grub. Belgian beers. Friendly staff. Ramshackle WW1 museum attached. Some very interestng artifacts from WW1
