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- The Arras Memorial is a World War I memorial in France, located in the , in the western part of the town of Arras. The memorial commemorates 35,942 soldiers of the forces of the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand, with no known grave, who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and 7 August 1918. The major battle in this area during this period was the Battle of Arras. The cut-off date of 7 August 1918 signifies the start of the Advance to Victory, and casualties after that date are listed on other memorials. Also not included here are the names of the missing dead among Canadian and Australian servicemen, who are instead listed at the Vimy Memorial and the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial includes sculpture by Sir William Reid Dick. Located in the same cemetery is the Arras Flying Services Memorial (commemorating 991 airmen with no known grave). Both memorials were unveiled by Lord Trenchard on 31 July 1932. Lord Trenchard had served as the commander of Royal Flying Corps in France from 1915 to 1917. In 1918, he briefly served as the first Chief of the Air Staff before taking up command of the Independent Air Force in France. Also present at the unveiling ceremony was Richard Bell-Davies, British First World War fighter pilot and Royal Navy officer, and recipient of the Victoria Cross. Those listed on this memorial include poet T.P. Cameron Wilson and the following sportsmen: Isaac Bentham, Walter Tull, Sandy Turnbull, James Williams, and Cecil Bodington. There are a total of 13 recipients of the Victoria Cross commemorated on the Arras Memorial or the Arras Flying Services Memorial: Ernest Frederick Beal, Bernard Matthew Cassidy, Alexander Edwards, John Erskine, John Harrison, Lanoe George Hawker, David Philip Hirsch, Basil Arthur Horsfall, George Jarratt, Richard Basil Brandram Jones, Edward Mannock, Oliver Cyril Spencer Watson, Albert White. (en)
- Le cimetière « Faubourg d'Amiens British Cemetery, The Arras Mémorial And The Flying Services Mémorial » est un cimetière et un mémorial de la Première Guerre mondiale situé à Arras dans le département français du Pas-de-Calais. (fr)
- Arras Memorial is een herdenkingsmonument gelegen in de Franse stad Arras (Pas-de-Calais). Het werd ontworpen door Edwin Lutyens, net zoals de Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery en het Arras Flying Services Memorial waar het deel van uitmaakt. Het monument is geïnspireerd op de middeleeuwse kloosters en bestaat uit een lange galerij waarin op 10 wanden in witte portlandsteen de namen van 34.848 soldaten uit Groot-Brittannië, Zuid-Afrika en Nieuw-Zeeland gegraveerd staan. Zij sneuvelden in de periode 1916-1918, voornamelijk tijdens de slag bij Arras in 1917 en het Duitse lenteoffensief in 1918 en hebben geen gekend graf.
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- Le cimetière « Faubourg d'Amiens British Cemetery, The Arras Mémorial And The Flying Services Mémorial » est un cimetière et un mémorial de la Première Guerre mondiale situé à Arras dans le département français du Pas-de-Calais. (fr)
- The Arras Memorial is a World War I memorial in France, located in the , in the western part of the town of Arras. The memorial commemorates 35,942 soldiers of the forces of the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand, with no known grave, who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and 7 August 1918. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial includes sculpture by Sir William Reid Dick. Located in the same cemetery is the Arras Flying Services Memorial (commemorating 991 airmen with no known grave). (en)
- Arras Memorial is een herdenkingsmonument gelegen in de Franse stad Arras (Pas-de-Calais). Het werd ontworpen door Edwin Lutyens, net zoals de Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery en het Arras Flying Services Memorial waar het deel van uitmaakt. Het monument is geïnspireerd op de middeleeuwse kloosters en bestaat uit een lange galerij waarin op 10 wanden in witte portlandsteen de namen van 34.848 soldaten uit Groot-Brittannië, Zuid-Afrika en Nieuw-Zeeland gegraveerd staan. Zij sneuvelden in de periode 1916-1918, voornamelijk tijdens de slag bij Arras in 1917 en het Duitse lenteoffensief in 1918 en hebben geen gekend graf. (nl)
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