Cross of Sacrifice
The Cross of Sacrifice is a Commonwealth war memorial designed in 1918 by Sir Reginald Blomfield for the Imperial War Graves Commission. It is present in Commonwealth war cemeteries containing 40 or more graves.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery and Czech & Slovakian Military Cemetery.
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Osioni, Public domain.
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery is situated 120 metres northeast of Cross of Sacrifice.
Czech & Slovakian Military Cemetery
Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Czech & Slovakian Military Cemetery is situated 1½ km south of Cross of Sacrifice.
Zouave Valley Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zouave Valley Cemetery is situated 1 km east of Cross of Sacrifice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grenay and Lens.
Grenay
Village
Photo: Floflo62, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grenay is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is part of the arrondissement of Lens, the canton of Wingles and the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin. Grenay is situated 8 km north of Cross of Sacrifice.
Lens
Photo: Dvillafruela, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lens is a city in Hauts-de-France, France. A former industrial city, its wealth was founded on textiles and coal mining. In 2009, the Louvre opened a branch in Lens, called - naturally enough - Louvre-Lens.
Méricourt
Town
Photo: Floflo62, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Méricourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France 3 miles southeast of Lens The commune is part of the canton of Avion. Méricourt is situated 9 km east of Cross of Sacrifice.
Cross of Sacrifice
- Type: Cross
- Description: design of war memorial by Reginald Blomfield
- Categories: war memorial and monument
- Location: Souchez, Arrondissement of Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
50.37969° or 50° 22′ 47″ northLongitude
2.73879° or 2° 44′ 20″ eastOpen location code
9F249PHQ+VGOpenStreetMap ID
node 2539605072OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=crossWikidata ID
Q2735243
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Cross of Sacrifice” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “救贖十字架”
- Chinese: “犧牲的十字架”
- Dutch: “Cross of Sacrifice”
- French: “Croix du sacrifice”
- French: “Croix du Sacrifice”
- German: “Cross of Sacrifice”
- Greek: “Σταυρός της Θυσίας”
- Hebrew: “צלב ההקרבה”
- Hungarian: “Kanadai kereszt”
- Japanese: “クロス・オブ・サクリファイス”
- Japanese: “犠牲の十字架”
- Spanish: “Cross of Sacrifice”
- Spanish: “Cruz del Sacrificio”
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