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Saturday, 24 July 2010 15:00

Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval

Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval contains 1,304 graves all of soldiers from the United Kingdom. There are 815 unknown graves in the cemetery.

Mill Road Cemetery is located in fields near the 36th (Ulster) Division Memorial. 

Mill Road Cemetery was started in 1917 when the area was cleared after the fighting during the summer and autumn of 1916.  The cemetery was expanded after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from other cemeteries in the area.

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Sunday, 11 July 2010 12:39

36th (Ulster) Division Memorial, Thiepval

36th (Ulster) Division Memorial. The memorial is situated in a small park on the north side of the road from Hamel to Auchonvillers. The monument is a replica of Helen’s Tower at Clandeboye in County Down

The 36th (Ulster) Division Memorial is set in a small park on a site where the Division won glory in their gallant attempt to capture the Schwaben Redoubt and take Thiepval. 

The completed Ulster Memorial Tower was unveiled by Field-Marshall Sir Henry Wilson on Saturday November 19, 1921.

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