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
Connaught 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
Mill 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
Picardie former administrative region
Picardie is located in north-west France, and is now part of Hauts de Seine – Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie, one of the 13 new regions created in January 2016
Nord-Pas-de-Calais former administrative region
Nord-Pas-de-Calais is located in northern France and is part of the Hauts de France, one of the 13 new regions created by the territorial reform of 2016
Baie de Somme – Picardie Region
The Baie de Somme, an exceptional natural reserve and Grand Site de France located in western France, and ranked among the most beautiful bays in the world
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme – Baie de Somme
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, a walled city perched on the cliffs overlooking the mouth of the Canal Maritime de la Somme and an thriving sea and river port
Crécy-en-Ponthieu – Monuments – Somme
Two memorials were erected in Crécy-en-Ponthieu in order to pay tribute to the thousands of French men who died at the Battle of Crécy on August 26, 1346
Cross of Bohemia – Crecy-en-Ponthieu
The Cross of Bohemia, a memorial to John I of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia, who died at the Battle of Crecy in 1346 while fighting along the king of France
Battle of Crecy – Hundred Years War
Battle of Crecy, one of the most important military defeats in French history, took place on August 26, 1346 and marked the start of the Hundred Years War
Abbaye de Valloires – Somme – Picardie
The Abbaye de Valloires was founded in 1137 by the Count of Ponthieu and bought in 1922 by a charity which turned it into a home for youth and the elderly
Nolette Chinese Cemetery – Noyelles-sur-Mer
Nolette Chinese Cemetery in Noyelles-sur-Mer contains the graves of 841 Chinese workers employed as labour force by the British authorities during WWI.