Arras Memorial

Arras, France

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The Arras Memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and unveiled on 31 July 1932, stands in the Faubourg d'Amiens British Cemetery in western Arras, France. Built from Euville stone and Portland limestone, it commemorates 35,942 soldiers of the United Kingdom, South Africa, and New Zealand who died in the Arras sector between spring 1916 and 7 August 1918—encompassing the major Battle of Arras and its aftermath—and who have no known grave. The cut-off date marks the start of the Advance to Victory; Canadian and Australian missing are instead listed at the Vimy and Villers-Bretonneux memorials. Lutyens's design incorporates sculpture by Sir William Reid Dick. The memorial shares the cemetery with the Arras Flying Services Memorial, which honours 991 airmen without known graves. Among those commemorated are poet T.P. Cameron Wilson, several sportsmen including Walter Tull, and thirteen Victoria Cross recipients. Now a World Heritage Site, it remains a major Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial.