| Memorial: | ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France |
| Grave Reference/ Panel Number: |
Bay 6 |
| Location: | The Arras Memorial is in the
Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de
Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras. The cemetery is near
the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west of the railway station.
The Memorial commemorates almost 35,000 casualties of the British, New
Zealand and South African Forces who died between Spring 1916 and 7th
August 1918, with the exception of casualties of the Battle of Cambrai
in 1917, and who have no known grave. The design, by Sir Edward Lutyens,
consists of a cloister, 25 feet high and 380 feet long, built up on
Doric columns and faces west. In the broader part of the site the
colonnade returns to form a recessed and open court, terminated by an
apse. The names of the casualties are carved on stone panels fixed to
the cloister walls. |
| Historical Information: | The Memorial commemorates almost 35,000 casualties of the British, New Zealand and South African Forces who died between Spring 1916 and 7th August 1918, excluding casualties of the Battle of Cambrai in 1917, and who have no known grave. The design, by Sir Edward Lutyens, consists of a cloister built upon Doric columns and faces west. In the broader part of the site the colonnade returns to form a recessed and open court, terminated by an apse in front of which is the Arras Flying Services Memorial. The names of the casualties are carved on stone panels which are fixed to the cloister walls. |