Delville Wood South African National Memorial

Delville Wood South African National Memorial
Delville Wood South African National Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
	View of the memorial from the front
	For South African Overseas Expeditionary Force
Unveiled	10 October 1926
Location	50°01′30.50″N 02°48′45.36″E / 50.0251389°N 2.8126000°E
Designed by	Sir Herbert Baker (architect) ; Alfred Turner (sculptor)
	English: To the Immortal Dead from South Africa, who at the call of Duty made the Great Sacrifice on the battlefields of Africa, Asia and Europe and on the Sea, this memorial is dedicated in proud and grateful recognition by their countrymen.; Afrikaans: Aan die onsterflike, Suid-Afrikaners wat op die Slagvelde van Afrika, Asië, en Europa en op See die Groot Offer op die Altaar van Plig gelê het, is hierdie Gedenkteken deur hul landgenote in trotse en dankbare herinnering gewy.
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, ii, vi
Designated	2023 (45th session)
Reference no.	1567-SE05
	Statistics source: Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

The Delville Wood South African National Memorial is a World War I memorial, located in Delville Wood, near the commune of Longueval, in the Somme department of France. It is opposite the Delville Wood Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, on the other side of the Longueval–Ginchy road.^[2]

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^ "The South Africa (Delville Wood) National Memorial". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 30 July 2016.