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Vimy Memorial

France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Givenchy-en-Gohelle / D55
 memorial, First World War 1914-1918
Canada's most impressive tribute overseas to those Canadians who fought and gave their lives in the First World War. Inscribed on the ramparts of the Memorial are the names of 11,285 Canadian soldiers who were posted as "missing, presumed dead" in France. The land for the battlefield park, 91.18 hectares (250 acres) in extent, was (as stated on a plaque at the entrance to the Memorial) "the free gift in perpetuity of the French nation to the people of Canada". Eleven thousand tonnes of concrete and masonry were required for the base of the Memorial and 5,500 tonnes of "trau" stone were brought from Yugoslavia for the pylons and the sculptured figures. Construction of the massive work began in 1925 and 11 years later, on July 26, 1936, King Edward VIII unveiled the monument.
To the valour of their countrymen in the Great War and in memory of their sixty thousand dead this monument is raised by the people of Canada.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_National_Vimy_Memorial
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Coordinates:   50°22'46"N   2°46'25"E

Comments

  • Al (guest)
    This image was taken during the restoration of the monument between 2005 and 2007, thus you do not see the original memorial design.
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