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The '''Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme''' is a war memorial in the care of the {{gw|Commonwealth War Graves Commission}}, located a short distance south of the village of [[Thiepval]], in the Somme region of northern France. It is accessible via Rue de L'Ancre just off the D151, near the crossroad with the D73 that runs through the village. The memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, bears the names of more than 72,332 officers and men of the British and South African forces who died in the Battles of the Somme between July 1915 and March 1918, and have no known grave. Over 90% of those commemorated died between July and November 1916.