Dury Memorial
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Dury Memorial on the road between Arras and Cambrai is a war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps during World War I.
[edit] Description
This memorial was one of six that were created from a common design. The center is a large granite block with an inscription.
| “ | THE CANADIAN CORPS 100,000 STRONG ATTACKED AT ARRAS ON AUGUST 26TH 1918, STORMED SUCCESSIVE GERMAN LINES AND HERE ON SEPT. 2ND BROKE AND TURNED THE MAIN GERMAN POSITION ON THE WESTERN FRONT AND REACHED THE CANAL DU NORD | ” |
[edit] Monument Design
Following the Great War each country created projects to commemorate their losses. These War Memorials were constructed throughout the 1920s and 30s. The Canadian Government held a competition for the memorial designs. There were two unique memorials created; the Vimy Memorial and the Brooding Soldier of the Saint Julien Memorial. The remaining memorials were based on the same basic design of a granite block in the centre of a circular patch of grass. The memorials of this design all commemorate battles on the Western Front in Belgium(2) and France (4).
