Canadian War Memorials

The memorial honours the 619,636 Canadians who served abroad, 66,655 of whom gave their lives.

In the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa the story of Canada in the First World War is inscribed on marble panels set in the walls.

On the altar rests the Book of Remembrance.

Of the 105,210 members of the British forces of the First World War who have no known graves, 19,660 were Canadian.

The names of these men are inscribed on memorials in Canada and Europe, 11,285 are on the Vimy Memorial, and 6,994 on the Commonwealth Memorial at the Menin Gate in Ypres.

On the Newfoundland Memorial at Beaumont Hamel are the names of 814 Newfoundlanders who have no known grave.

In addition, the Unknown Warrior, interred in Westminster Abbey on November 11, 1920, represents all the First World War "missing" of the British Commonwealth.

Some images from John Stephens www.TheGreatWar.ca

Courcelette

The Canadian Memorial

Canada has in France and Belgium thirteen battlefield memorials commemorating the exploits of Canadian and Newfoundland troops in the First World War. Two of these, Vimy and Beaumont Hamel, were also used by the Imperial (now Commonwealth) War Graves Commission to commemorate the names of those whose last resting places are unknown. All the Memorials are maintained by the Commission acting for Canada. The five memorials erected by Newfoundland following the First World War became the responsibility of the Government of Canada when Newfoundland entered Confederation in 1949.

Memorials in Belgium
Location	In commemoration of
Courtrai	The action of Newfoundland Forces in the Battle of Lys in October 1918.
Hill 62	The part played by Canadian troops in the defence of the Ypres Salient, especially during the period April to August 1916.
Passchendaele	The capture of Crest Farm by the Canadian Corps and the Battle of Passchendaele in October 1917.
St. Julien	The heroic stand of the First Canadian Division in the first gas attack at Ypres in 1915.
Memorials in France
Beaumont Hamel	The action of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment in the Battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916.
Bourlon Wood	The crossing of the Canal du Nord, capture of Bourlon Wood and rupture of the final Hindenburg Line defences on September 27, 1918.
Courcelette	The part played by the Canadian Corps in forcing back the German troops on the slopes of the Somme from September to November 1916.
Dury	The capture of the Drocourt-Queant Switch and the breaking of the Hindenburg Line on September 2, 1918, during the Second Battle of Arras.
Gueudecourt	The action of the Newfoundland Forces in the Somme Battle on October 12, 1916.
Le Quesnel	The attack by the Canadian Corps, 100,000 strong, on August 8, 1918, which drove the enemy back a distance of eight miles.
Masnieres	The participation of the Newfoundland Forces in the Battle of Cambrai on November 20, 1917.
Monchy-le-Preux	The Newfoundlanders' participation in the Battle of Arras on April 14, 1917.
Vimy	The capture of Vimy Ridge by the Canadian Corps on April 9, 1917.