Thiepval Memorial

Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and unveiled on 1 August 1932. It bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Over 90% of those named died between July and November 1916. Names are recorded on the piers and faces of the memorial. Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/80800/thiepval-memorial/

Location: On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley

Address: 8 Rue de l'Ancre, 80300 Thiepval, France

50.05081, 2.68569 · OpenStreetMap

Name panels

1st Regiment South African Infantry

1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 1

1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 2

1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 3

1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 4

1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5

1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6

1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 7

1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 8

1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 9

1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 10

1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 11

1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 12

1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 13

1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 14

1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 15

1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 16

1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 17

1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 18

2nd Regiment South African Infantry

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 1

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 2

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 3

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 4

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 7

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 8

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 10

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 11

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 12

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 13

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 14

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 15

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 16

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 17

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Bell To Chichester

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Chisholm To De Reuck

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Chisholm To Dennant

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Dixon To Geraghty

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Gilbert To Griffin

2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Hacking To Hamilton

3rd Regiment South African Infantry

3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 2

3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 3

3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 4

3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5

3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6

3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 7

3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 8

3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 9

3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 10

3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 11

3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 12

3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 13

3rd Regiment South African Infantry, Barton To Davey

3rd Regiment South African Infantry, Jackson To Elliot

3rd Regiment South African Infantry, Pearse To Ruddle

3rd Regiment South African Infantry, Sackville To Stone

3rd Regiment South African Infantry, Stratford To Tweedie

3rd Regiment South African Infantry, Va Der Walp To Wright

4th Regiment South African Infantry

4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 1

4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 2

4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 4

4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5

4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6

4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 7

4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 8

4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 9

4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 10

4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 11

4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 12

4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 13

4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 14

4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 15

4th Regiment South African Infantry, Hunt To Hunter

Pier and Face 1 A

Pier and Face 1 A and 8 A

Pier and Face 1 C

Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D

Pier and Face 2 C and 3 A

Pier and Face 2 C

Pier and Face 2 A 2 C and 2 D

Pier and Face 3 C

Pier and Face 3 C and 3 D

Pier and Face 3 C and 4 A

Pier and Face 4 D

Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B

Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C

Pier and Face 5 D

Pier and Face 6 B and 6 C

Pier and Face 6 C

Pier and Face 6 A and 7 C

Pier and Face 6 A and 6 B

Pier and Face 6 B

Pier and Face 7 A and 10 A

Pier and Face 7 C and 7 B

Pier and Face 7 C

Pier and Face 6 D and 7 D

Pier and Face 7 A and 7 B

Pier and Face 8 A and 8 D

Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C

Pier and Face 9 C and 13 C

Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A

Pier and Face 9 D 9 C 13 C and 12 C

Pier and Face 9 C

Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A

Pier and Face 10 A

Pier and Face 9 A 9 B and 10 B

Pier and Face 10 D

Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D

Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A

Pier and Face 11 C

Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B

Pier and Face 12 A and 12 D

Pier and Face 12 C

Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and 12 B

Pier and Face 13 A and 14 C

Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B

Pier and Face 13 A

Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C

Pier and Face 15 B

Pier and Face 15 A and 16 C

Pier and Face 15 B and 15 C

Pier and Face 15 C

Pier and Face 16 B

Pier and Face 16 C

Pier and Face 16 B and 16 C

Pier and Face 9 D and 16 B

Panel 2

Panel 3

Pier and Face 7 D

Pier and Face 13 C

Pier and Face 15 A and 15 B

Addenda Panel

Pier and Face 4 A and 4 D

Names 959

#	Last Name	First Name	Initials	Rank	Regiment	Panel	Date of Death
18	Abel	David Stuart	D S	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 7	1916-10-12
151	Adams	John Hedley	J H	Private	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6	1916-07-16
179	Adams	Vernon Liddell	V L	Private	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6	1916-07-19
195	Addison	Alphonse Colenbrander	A C	Second Lieutenant	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 1	1916-10-12
203	Adendorff	Llewellyn Leonard	L L	Private	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6	1916-08-01
225	Affleck	James Douglas	J D	Private	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6	1916-07-17
334	Alger	Harold Crosbie	H C	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 7	1916-07-10
348	Allan	Alfred John Rettie	A J R	Lance Corporal	London Regiment (London Scottish)	Pier and Face 9 C and 13 C Alfred Rettie Allan	1916-07-01
353	Allan	James Gibb	J G	Private	4th South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5	1916-07-11
377	Allen	Percival Joseph	P J	Lance Corporal	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 3	1916-07-19
409	Allsop	Frank	F	Private	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 4	1916-07-16
415	Alsop	James	J	Private	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6	1916-07-18
427	Amey	William Henry	W H	Private	Middlesex Regiment	Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B Amey	1916-08-18
480	Anderson	Robert	R	Private	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6	1916-07-18
528	Andrews	Eric Cauty	E C	Second Lieutenant	Royal Engineers	Pier and Face 8 A and 8 D Eric Cauty Andrews	1916-10-12
562	Angwin	John Tregear	J T	Private	Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry	Pier and Face 6 B Angwin	1916-08-18
576	Anthony	Percivale	P	Major	Welsh Regiment	Pier and Face 7 A and 10 A Percy Anthony	1916-07-10
598	Apperly	Arthur Lancelot	A L	Second Lieutenant	Gloucestershire Regiment	Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B Arthur Lancelot Apperly	1916-08-27
603	Apple	Albert Nathum	A N	Private	Cameron Highlanders	Pier and Face 15 B Albert Nathum Apple	1916-10-10
660	Armstrong	Alfred Ernest Benjamin	A E B	Corporal	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5	1916-07-17
677	Arnell	Douglas Carstairs	D C	Captain	Hampshire Regiment	Pier and Face 7 C and 7 B Douglas Carstair Arnell	1916-07-13
693	Aronson	Neville	N	Private	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 7	1916-08-01
745	Atkinson	Frederick Maynard	F M	Lance Corporal	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 3	1916-10-18
900	Bailey	Royal Hubert Silas	R H S	Second Lieutenant	Royal Marine Light Infantry	Pier and Face 1 A Bailey Rhs	1918-01-05
902	Bailey	William Ernest	W E	Private	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 4	1916-07-18
935	Baisley	Sydney Norman	S N	Private	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5	1916-07-17
938	Baker	Arthur William	A W	Second Lieutenant	King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry	Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A Arthur William Baker	1916-07-28
951	Baker	Hyman Raphael	H R	Private	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5	1916-07-16
1005	Bam	Cyril Turpin	C T	Second Lieutenant	Leicestershire Regiment	Pier and Face 2 C and 3 A Cyril Turpin Bam	1916-07-14
1013	Bambury	Herbert Alfred	H A	Private	4th South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5	1916-07-18
1049	Bansemer	Walter Arthur Henry	W A H	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 7	1916-07-18
1060	Barbe	Frederick Charles	F C	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 8	1916-10-12
1093	Barker	Alfred	A	Corporal	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 3	1916-08-01
1096	Barker	Ernest	E	Private	4th South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6	1916-07-14
1143	Barnes	Edwin	E	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 8	1916-07-18
1236	Bartlett	Gilbert	G	Private	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 7	1916-08-01
1252	Barton	Alfred Richard	A R	Second Lieutenant	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, Barton To Davey photograph	1916-07-18
1253	Barton	Conwell Paris	C P	Second Lieutenant	East Surrey Regiment	Pier and Face 6 B and 6 C Conwell Paris Barton	1916-08-27
1307	Batham	Charles Alfred Frederick	C A F	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 8	1916-10-12
1335	Baxter	Edward Rooksby	E R	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 8	1916-10-12
1370	Bean	Orlando Leonard	O L	Private	4th South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6	1916-07-16
1374	Beard	George Russell	G R	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 8	1916-10-12
1379	Beart	Vere Leopold Dunstan	V L D	Second Lieutenant	Durham Light Infantry	Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C Vere Leopold Dunstan Beart	1916-09-17
1404	Beck	Ami Wallis	A W	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 8	1916-07-09
1416	Beck	William Henry	W H	Private	Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)	Pier and Face 4 D William Henry Beck	1916-10-27
1446	Beetar	Joseph	J	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 8	1916-07-17
1499	Bell	Fitzwilliam Charles	F C	Lance Corporal	4th South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 4	1916-07-16
1514	Bell	Richard Harold	R H	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Bell To Chichester photograph	1916-07-19
1531	Bellew	John	J	Private	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 7	1916-07-15
1534	Belshaw	William	W	Corporal	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 3	1916-07-18