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
1577	Benn	Louis Henry	L H	Private	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5	1916-10-18
1578	Benn	Percy Leslie	P L	Private	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5	1916-10-18
1599	Bennett	Walter Arthur	W A	Lance Corporal	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6	1916-07-18
1602	Bennett	Wilfred William	W W	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Bell To Chichester photograph	1916-10-12
1610	Benson	George Agar Trevor	G A T	Second Lieutenant	Middlesex Regiment	Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B Benson And Black	1916-10-28
1618	Bentley	Gilbert Edward	G E	Private	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5	1916-07-18
1619	Bentley	George John	G J	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Bell To Chichester photograph	1916-07-15
1668	Berry	William James	W J	Private	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 7	1916-07-15
1696	Bester	Johannes Petrus Lodwyk	J P L	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Bell To Chichester photograph	1916-07-15
1714	Betts	Charles Tom Ernest	C T E	Private	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5	1916-10-19
1782	Bicheno	William Rushmer Shelton	W R S	Private	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5	1916-07-18
1794	Biggs	George Sydney	G S	Corporal	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 3	1916-08-01
1800	Billett	Harold	H	Private	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5	1916-10-18
1806	Bindon	Aubery William	A W	Private	4th South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6	1916-07-16
1861	Black	Cyril Herbert Charles Pakenham	C H C P	Second Lieutenant	Middlesex Regiment	Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B Benson And Black	1916-08-18
1869	Black	Robert James	R J	Corporal	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 4	1916-08-01
1883	Blackman	George Hugh Willoughby	G H W	Lieutenant	Royal Scots Fusiliers	Pier and Face 3 C George Hugh Blackman	1916-07-30
1885	Blackwell	Cyril	C	Second Lieutenant	Royal Fusiliers	Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A Cyril Blackwell	1916-07-01
1897	Blair	Neil	N	Private	4th South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6	1916-07-10
1984	Blount	Clavell Monkhouse	C M	Lance Corporal	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6	1916-07-19
2052	Boncker	Barry Robert	B R	Second Lieutenant	East Yorkshire Regiment	Pier and Face 2 C Barry Robert Boncker	1916-07-01
2224	Botha	David	D	Private	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5	1916-07-17
2307	Bothma	Stephen Andrew	S A	Private	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5	1916-07-18
2357	Bower	Clarence Charles	C C	Private	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 7	1916-10-18
2390	Bowyer	Edgar George	E G	Second Lieutenant	Cambridgeshire Regiment	Pier and Face 16 B Edgar George Bowyer	1916-10-15
2469	Braithwaite	Louis Gowthorpe	L G	Private	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 7	1916-07-15
2503	Brannigan	Ernest Edward	E E	Second Lieutenant	West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)	Pier and Face 2 A 2 C and 2 D Ernest Edward Brannigan	1916-09-03
2517	Breakey	Lawrence Wallace	L W	Private	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6	1916-07-18
2539	Bremner	John Duncan	J D	Lance Corporal	Scots Guards	Pier and Face 7 D Bremner	1916-09-27
2551	Brenton	Arthur Charles	A C	Private	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6	1916-10-18
2586	Bridson	Walter	W	Lance Corporal	4th South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 4	1916-07-17
2590	Briers	Abraham Johannes	A J	Private	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6	1916-10-18
2600	Bright	Percy	P	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Bell To Chichester photograph	1916-10-12
2665	Brodie	Ernest John	E J	Private	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6	1916-07-18
2694	Brooke	Frank Washington	F W	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Bell To Chichester photograph	1916-10-12
2705	Brooks	Charles Harley	C H	Private	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 8	1916-07-15
2719	Brookstein	Aaron William John	A W J	Private	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 7	1916-07-18
2738	Brown	Arthur Ernest	A E	Second Lieutenant	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 1	1916-07-16
2760	Brown	Eric George	E G	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Bell To Chichester photograph	1916-10-12
2771	Brown	Henry	H	Private	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 7	1916-07-16
2772	Brown	Harold Angus	H A	Private	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 8	1916-07-19
2800	Brown	John Silcock	J S	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Bell To Chichester photograph	1916-07-08
2813	Brown	Percival Austen	P A	Private	4th South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6	1916-07-19
2827	Brown	Thomas F	T F	Sergeant	Leinster Regiment	Pier and Face 16 C Brown T	1916-08-18
2834	Brown	William	W	Sergeant	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 1	1916-10-18
2837	Brown	William Frederick	W F	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Bell To Chichester photograph	1916-10-12
2842	Brown	William Nimmo	W N	Lieutenant	1st South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 1	1916-07-07
2876	Bru-De-Wold	Thorkell Wathan	T W	Second Lieutenant	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 1	1916-07-15
2902	Bryan	George Benjamin	G B	Private	2nd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Bell To Chichester photograph	1916-07-09
2907	Bryant	James Wilfred	J W	Company Sergeant Major	3rd South African Infantry	Pier and Face 4 C 3rd Regiment South African Infantry, Barton To Davey photograph	1916-07-16