THE VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
The Cemetery in front of the memorial was begun by the Canadian Corps, which captured Vis-en-Artois in August 1918. It contains over 2,300 graves.
THE VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL | |
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The Vis-en-Artois Memorial, with the British Cemetery in the foreground. |
| The Vis-en-Artois Memorial records the names of 9,903 soldiers who fell in 1918 in the final allied advances in Picardy, on the Hindenburg Line, the River Selle and in the Artois region and whose bodies were never identified. It is located to the North of the main road between Arras and Cambrai about 7 miles outside Arras. The Cemetery in front of the memorial was begun by the Canadian Corps, which captured Vis-en-Artois in August 1918. It contains over 2,300 graves. | |