the Laboe Naval Memorial in Germany, and the Thiepval Memorial in France. These poignant sites commemorate the sacrifices and legacy of the First World War. Los Angeles wildfires spread to ...

Thiepval Memorial on the Somme is one of the largest memorials to Britain's war dead. There are 600 British and French graves and the names of 72,000 British soldiers are carved into the stone.

Some specific locations and casualty stories will be described, featuring the story of one of the thirteen casualties named on the Thiepval Memorial with a family link to Hemel Hempstead.