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Old 07-01-2007, 01:36 PM   #2 (permalink)
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There are WW2 British graves in London Cemetery Extension, High Wood. These come from a wide area in the Somme department. Close to Amiens is the main WW2 German cemetery for the region; at Bourdon.

There are no WW2 memorials I know of in the main 1916 area as this was not really fought over much in 1940 or 44. There are some French WW2 memorials east of Amiens, and WW2 battle damage to the Villers-Bretonneux memorial.

Are you going up to Arras? If so I can point you in the direct of a nice Matilda tank memorial there; not far from the Somme.
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