Commonwealth War Graves Commission American Battle Monuments Commission German War Graves Commission Le Souvenir français unidentified Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme Somme
Memorials were erected in thousands of villages and towns. Close to battlefields, those buried in improvised burial grounds were gradually moved to formal graveyards under the care of organisations such as the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the American Battle Monuments Commission, the German War Graves Commission, and Le Souvenir français. Many of these graveyards also have central monuments to the missing or unidentified dead, such as the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing and the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme.
