Fricourt German World War One Cemetery Fricourt France on the western front.
The German military cemetery at Fricourt is the resting place for 17,027 German First World War soldiers. The bodies of German soldiers were brought to Fricourt from some 79 communes in the regions around the Somme battlefield; Bapaume, Albert, Combles, the Ancre valley and Villers-Bretonneux. The remains of 11,970 soldiers lie in four communal graves (Gemeinschaftsgräber), of these the names of 6,477 remain unknown. Their names are inscribed on large metal tablets.
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Location: Near the village of Fricourt, near Albert, in the French département of the Somme.
Photo credit: © Matthew Barnes / ww1 / Alamy / Afripics
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