World War 1
Saint-Quentin National Necropolis – French Military Cemetery
Saint-Quentin National Necropolis, a WWI French military cemetery where the soldats who fell during the fights of August 1914 and October 1918 are buried
Read MoreConnaught Cemetery – Commonwealth 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
Read MoreMill Road Cemetery – Commonwealth 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
Read MoreYour 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
Read MoreMonument des Marie-Louise – Hurtebise – Chemin des Dames
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
Read MoreMonument 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
Read MoreMaginot 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
Read MoreDouaumont – Destroyed village – Verdun WWI
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
Read MoreFleury-devant-Douaumont – Destroyed village – Verdun WWI
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
Read MoreFort 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The Fort of Douaumont was built 1885 and disarmed in 1915 as outdated, but remained a target for the Germans due to its central position on the Verdun front
Read MoreBayonet Trench in Douaumont – Verdun WWI
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
Read MoreAbri 320 – Underground shelter Douaumont – WWI
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
Read MoreDouaumont Ossuary and Cemetery – Verdun – WWI
Douaumont Ossuary and National Cemetery were open on the site of the Battle of Verdun to receive the remains of 146,142 soldiers who died there during WWI
Read MoreSacred Way – Voie Sacree – Verdun – Meuse
The historic Sacred Way – Voie Sacree was the main communication road to the front and the logistics and strategic center of the Battle of Verdun during WWI
Read MoreVerdun Citadel in Meuse – Lorraine – WWI
Citadel of Verdun, a major garrison town located near the German border, and the epicentre of the battle of 1916, one of the deadliest battles of WWI
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