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The CAF Thiepval Project |
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The CAF Thiepval Project |
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Last changed summer 2005
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| BEFORE | AFTER |
FROM THE BEGINNING
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| DURAND GROUP GPR SURVEY - MAY 2002 | Brother Nigel Cave and The Reverends: Siegfried Webber, Edward Bryant and Jean-Marie Poitou - Spring 2003 |
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| EARTHWORKS COMMENCE - JULY 2003 | LAYING FOUNDATION STONE 27TH OCTOBER 2003 Cllr.Roger Thomas East Sussex CC.(dark glasses) Sénateur Fernand Demilly, Sir Frank Sanderson, Le maire de Thiepval, Madame Genevieve Potié. |
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| GOING DEEPER | GOING DEEPER STILL |
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| 15" UNEXPLODED ROYAL NAVAL SHELL
FOUND AT FLOOR LEVEL IN THE AUDIO-VISUAL THEATRE |
CPL. AUER WITH A SIMILAR SHELL, THIEPVAL 1916 |
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| A COMPOSITE OF THREE PHOTOS TAKEN FROM THE TOP OF THE TOWER-CRANE JANUARY 2004 |
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| WORKS PROGRESS FEBRUARY 2004 | |
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| WORKS PROGRESS MARCH 2004 | |
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| TRIAL POSITIONING OF ‘LUTYENS’ BRICKS THE SAME PATTEN AS ON THE MEMORIAL |
UNDER FLOOR ELECTRIC HEATING |
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| APRIL 2004 | MAY 2004 |
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| JUNE 2004 | 1st JULY 2004 Daniel Dubois, Prés. and Dominique Camus, Vice-Prés., Conseil Général. Geneviève Potié, Maire Thiepval |
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| 1st JULY 2004 Sir Frank, Daniel Dubois, Alain Gest, Philippe Cheval, Alain Pettitjean |
10th JULY 2004 THE EXHIBITION BEGINS TO ARRIVE |
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| THE EXHIBITION |
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| THE EXHIBITION |
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| THE EXHIBITION |
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| THE OFFICIAL OPENING 27th SEPTEMBER 2004 Sir John Holmes HM Ambassador, HRH, Daniel Dubois, Clive Alderton, HM Consul General, Lille |
THE OFFICIAL OPENING 27th SEPTEMBER 2004 |
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| SPEECHES | Madame Geneviève Potié MBE | |
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| The Earl Kitchener The Earl Haig | ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA | Emilie Poupard, Jonty Leggett, HRH |
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| MILITARY PRECISION - GRENADIER GUARDS | |
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| THETFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL CHOIR | CUTTING THE RIBBON (THE CHILDREN OUT OF SIGHT) |
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| Jonty, The Préfet, HRH, Sir Frank | Geneviève Potié, Donor Charles Skey [trilby],
Graham Simpson (Designer [glasses]) Nicolas Ziesel (architect), D. Dubois, Lady Sanderson, HRH, Sir Frank, Mgr. Bishop of Amiens [beard], Prof J J Becker (Historian) Fernand Demilly [raincoat], Jonty with Emilie nearly hidden. |
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| 27th SEPTEMBER 2004 LAYING JOINT FRANCO-BRITISH WREATH | SUMMER 2005 THE POPPIES GROW |
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