Vis en Artois Memorial and Cemetery
Vis en Artois Memorial and Cemetery has twin 70 ft towers, reminiscent of the Cenotaph in Whitehall.
The Memorial was dedicated in May 1930 and is inscribed with the names of 9903 officers and men who fell in 1918 in the final advance and have no known grave.
It was designed by JR Truelove formally a Captain in the London Regiment. He also designed the Le Touret Memorial.
The cemetery was begun by Canadian Corps after they had taken Vis en Artois in August 1918 and it was extended at the end of the war by the concentration of 1901 graves from the battlefield from the April/ June 1917 and August/September 1918 periods.
Of the 2335 graves(1461 are unnamed) and there 572 Canadians. A number buried here are Moncy casualties.
Graham Gathercole
The Memorial was dedicated in May 1930 and is inscribed with the names of 9903 officers and men who fell in 1918 in the final advance and have no known grave.
It was designed by JR Truelove formally a Captain in the London Regiment. He also designed the Le Touret Memorial.
The cemetery was begun by Canadian Corps after they had taken Vis en Artois in August 1918 and it was extended at the end of the war by the concentration of 1901 graves from the battlefield from the April/ June 1917 and August/September 1918 periods.
Of the 2335 graves(1461 are unnamed) and there 572 Canadians. A number buried here are Moncy casualties.
Graham Gathercole