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The names of 600,000 soldiers from allied nations, are seen engraved in alphabetical order, without descrepency of nationality, rank or religion, at the international memorial for fallen soldiers from the battlefields of the French Flanders and Artois (1914 -1918) at Our Lady of Lorette memorial (Notre-Dame-de-Lorette) also known as Ablain St.-Nazaire French Military Cemetery, the world's largest French military cemetery, in Ablain-Saint Nazair, on October 22, 2014. One hundred years after the beginning of the Great War, the international memorial which is a 345 meter long ellipse, honors the fallen as a symbol of unity and eternity. In total, the cemetery and ossuary hold the remains of more than 40,000 soldiers, as well a reliquary placed in the Lantern Tower (seen in the background) in April 1955 which contains soil and ashes from the concentration camps of World War II. AFP PHOTO / DENIS CHARLET (Photo credit should read DENIS CHARLET/AFP via Getty Images)