Saint-Quentin National Necropolis
Saint-Quentin National Necropolis, a WWI French military cemetery where the soldiers who fell during the fights of August 1914 and October 1918 are interred
Connaught Cemetery Thiepval
Connaught Cemetery, a Commonwealth Cemetery open in 1916 at the edge of Thiepval Wood where the British lines were positioned during the Battle of the Somme
Mill Road Cemetery Thiepval
Mill Road Cemetery, a Commonwealth Cemetery open in 1917 to bury the soldiers who fell at Beaumont-Hamel and Thiepval during the Battle of the Somme
Your Story of the Great War – 1914-1918
Your story of the Great War is a compilation of the stories some of our readers sent us, the stories of their relatives who died on the battlefields of WWI
Monument des Marie-Louise – Ferme de Hurtebise
The Monument des Marie-Louise is located by the Ferme d’Hurtebise on the Chemin des Dames in the Aisne and commemorates the Battles of 1814 and 1914
Monument des Basques – Chemin des Dames
Monument des Basques, the memorial obelisk erected in honour of the men of the 36th Infantry Division, a division that suffered a huge death rate during WWI
Maginot Monument – Fleury-devant-Douaumont
Maginot Monument, a memorial to the minister of War who fought at Verdun as a patrolman and had a fortifications line built along France’s eastern borders
Douaumont destroyed village – Verdun
Douaumont, a village entirely destroyed during the Battle of Verdun, never rebuilt, declared ‘Dead for France’ and kept in its war state as a Memorial
Fleury-devant-Douaumont destroyed village – Verdun
Fleury-devant-Douaumont in the Meuse, a village that was completely destroyed during WWI, but was never rebuilt and kept in its war state as a memorial
Fort of Douaumont – Battle of Verdun – WWI
The Fort of Douaumont was built 1885 and disarmed in 1915 as outdated, but remained a target for the Germans due to its central position on the Verdun front
Bayonet Trench in Douaumont – Verdun
Bayonet Trench near the Douaumont Ossuary, a Memorial to the French soldiers buried alive in their trench on June 12, 1916 during the Battle of Verdun
Abri 320 – Underground shelter Douaumont
Abri 320, built in 1891, located at the foot of the Douaumont Ossuary – National Cemetery and used as a command post and underground shelter during WWI
