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In the paragraph section headed 'Anglo-French memorial', I notice it saysthe British Commonwealth graves are rectangular and made of white stone. I suspect this inaccurate as the burials are in earthen graves. Should this be rephrased as:
the British Commonwealth graves are rectangular and the headstonesmade of white stone, OR
the British Commonwealth graves are marked by headstones thatare rectangular and made of white stone?
Does any of this fall as citable work for Wikipedia? Can any of the pictures be used? I've emailed the author with a link to this page; hopefully he will weigh in as well.
I took photos of all 16 stone wreaths, seethis category on Commons. I added 16 battleshere, but someone obviously removed some of them. Comparing my edit back in 2010 with the current list what has been removed is the initial entry of "Somme 1916" (I can understand how that can be confusing) and the final two entries forMiraumont andBapaume. OK, I found the edit that removed the last two, it washere in August 2011. And the 'Somme 1916' entry was removedhere a bit earlier (July 2011). What would you suggest is best to do here,Vauxhall Bridgefoot?Carcharoth (talk)16:28, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
For the record:
Somme 1916 (image) [presumably the first day, but this could be covered by 'Battle of Albert', or simply a roundel for the whole campaign from July to November rather than a specific battle?]
Miraumont (image) [There is an 'Action of Miraumont', also known as the Battle of Boom Ravine, but that is 17–18 February 1917. There was also an action at Boom Ravine in the closing stages of the Battle of the Ancre. But given that the Thiepval Memorial covers the missing from July 1915 to February 1918, it is possible that the roundels cover more than just the Somme battles. This roundel might refer toOperation Alberich.]
Bapaume (image) [Again, here, this roundel may refer to either or both of the battles of Bapaume, I've gone and looked up the precise dates given by the CWGC, and it is those missing "who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918", so it is not absolutely clear why Bapaume is one of the roundels.]
Looking into this a bit more, I've tried to clarify thishere. It should be possible to confirm this from an authoritative source, and I will try and do that.Carcharoth (talk)17:29, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like you are much better placed to have an opinion on this than meCarcharoth! Good job on the update, I think that clarifies it nicely. Wouldn't do to have three pillars missing, it would have made the whole monument wonky.Vauxhall Bridgefoot (talk)13:19, 25 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
