The Memorial To The Missing Of The Somme

It is the principal tangible expression of the defining event in Britainsexperience and memory of the Great War the first day of the Battle of theSomme on 1 Jul... » 

It is the principal tangible expression of the defining event in Britainsexperience and memory of the Great War the first day of the Battle of theSomme on 1 July 1916 and it bears the names of 73000 soldiers. This studytells the origin of the memorial in the context of commemorating the war dead. «