The Pozières Memorial is a World War I memorial, located near the commune of Pozières, in the Somme department of France, and unveiled in August 1930. It lists the names of 14,657 British and South African soldiers of the Fifth and Fourth Armies with no known grave who were killed between 21 March 1918 and 7 August 1918, during the German advance known as the Spring Offensive (21 March–18 July), and the period of Allied consolidation and recovery that followed. The final date is determined by the start of the period known as the Advance to Victory on 8 August.
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| - Mémorial de Pozières (fr)
- Pozières Memorial (en)
- Pozieres Memorial (nl)
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| - Le Mémorial de Pozières (en anglais, Pozières Memorial), également surnommé cimetière militaire des Colonnes, situé sur le territoire de la commune d'Ovillers-la-Boisselle, dans le département de la Somme, est un mémorial et un cimetière militaire de la Première Guerre mondiale. (fr)
- The Pozières Memorial is a World War I memorial, located near the commune of Pozières, in the Somme department of France, and unveiled in August 1930. It lists the names of 14,657 British and South African soldiers of the Fifth and Fourth Armies with no known grave who were killed between 21 March 1918 and 7 August 1918, during the German advance known as the Spring Offensive (21 March–18 July), and the period of Allied consolidation and recovery that followed. The final date is determined by the start of the period known as the Advance to Victory on 8 August. (en)
- Pozieres Memorial is een oorlogsmonument gelegen in de Franse gemeente Pozières in het departement Somme. Het is opgericht rond de Commonwealth War Graves Commission begraafplaats Pozieres British Cemetery en begrenst het langs drie zijden. Het monument is een ontwerp van William Cowlishaw en de sculptuur van Laurence A. Turner. (nl)
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| - The Pozières Memorial is a World War I memorial, located near the commune of Pozières, in the Somme department of France, and unveiled in August 1930. It lists the names of 14,657 British and South African soldiers of the Fifth and Fourth Armies with no known grave who were killed between 21 March 1918 and 7 August 1918, during the German advance known as the Spring Offensive (21 March–18 July), and the period of Allied consolidation and recovery that followed. The final date is determined by the start of the period known as the Advance to Victory on 8 August. The memorial forms the perimeter walls of a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery, which principally contains the bodies of men killed during the Battle of Pozières and the Battle of the Somme in 1916. (en)
- Le Mémorial de Pozières (en anglais, Pozières Memorial), également surnommé cimetière militaire des Colonnes, situé sur le territoire de la commune d'Ovillers-la-Boisselle, dans le département de la Somme, est un mémorial et un cimetière militaire de la Première Guerre mondiale. (fr)
- Pozieres Memorial is een oorlogsmonument gelegen in de Franse gemeente Pozières in het departement Somme. Het is opgericht rond de Commonwealth War Graves Commission begraafplaats Pozieres British Cemetery en begrenst het langs drie zijden. Het monument herdenkt 14.655 omgekomen Britse en Zuid-Afrikaanse soldaten zonder gekend graf uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Hun namen staan gebeiteld op de panelen langs drie zijden van de begraafplaats. Ze sneuvelden tijdens de gevechten aan de Somme van 21 maart tot 7 augustus 1918. De korpsen met de meeste vermisten waren de Rifle Brigade, de Durham Light Infantry, het Machine Gun Corps, het Manchester Regiment en de Royal Horse en Royal Field Artillery. Het monument is een ontwerp van William Cowlishaw en de sculptuur van Laurence A. Turner. (nl)
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