The Cambrai Memorial to the Missing (sometimes referred to as the Louverval Memorial)[1] is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) memorial for the missing soldiers of World War I who fought in the Battle of Cambrai on the Western Front.[2]
Foundation
The memorial stands at one end of Louverval Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, which was founded by Commonwealth troops in April 1917 on the site of Louverval Chateau[3] in northern France.
The memorial lists the 7,048[4] missing soldiers of the United Kingdom and South Africa who died at the Battle of Cambrai and have no known graves.[5]
The memorial was designed by H. Chalton Bradshaw, who also designed the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing in Belgium,[6] with sculpture by Charles Sargeant Jagger.[2]
It was unveiled on 4 August 1930 by Lieutenant-General Sir Louis Ridley Vaughan.
- Sculptures by Charles Sargeant Jagger
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Trench periscope -
Stretcher bearers
Notable names
The memorial holds the names of seven recipients of the Victoria Cross who have no known grave.[7]
- Private George William Burdett Clare
- Private Frederick George Dancox
- 2nd Lt James Samuel Emerson
- Major Frederick Henry Johnson
- Captain Allastair Malcolm Cluny McReady-Diarmid
- Captain Walter Napleton Stone
- Captain Richard William Leslie Wain
References
- ^ Baker, Chris (2014). "The Cambrai Operations: November-December 1917". The Long, Long Trail: The British Army of 1914-1918. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Cambrai Memorial, Louverval". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "Louverval Military Cemetery, Doignies". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "The Cambrai Battlefields: Louverval Memorial to the Missing". World War One Battlefields. 2011. Archived from the original on 7 September 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "CWGC Memorials". Malvern Remembers. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2007.
- ^ "Ploegsteert Memorial". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "Names of Victoria Cross holders on the Cambrai Memorial, France". Victoria Cross.org.uk. 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2015.