Cambrai Memorial to the Missing
- Cambrai Memorial to the Missing
Infobox Military Memorial
name=Cambrai Memorial
country=Commonwealth War Graves Commission
caption=
commemorates=soldiers missing in the area during World War I
unveiled=4 August 1930
coordinates=
nearest_town= Louverval, France
designer= H Chalton Bradshaw
inscription=To the Glory of God and to the enduring memory of 7048 Officers and Men of the forces of the British Empire who fell at the Battle of Cambrai 20 Nov—3 Dec 1917 but who have no known grave. Their names are here recorded.The Cambrai Memorial to the Missing (sometimes referred to as the Louverval Memorial)[ [http://www.1914-1918.net/bat21.htm 1914-1918.net] , accessed 28 December 2007] 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.][ [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=79300&mode=1 Commonwealth War Graves Commission] , accessed 28 December 2007] ]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[ [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=26606&mode=1 Commonwealth War Graves Commission] , accessed 28 December 2007] in northern France.]The memorial lists the 7,048 [ [http://www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/others/cambrai.html ww1battlefields.co.uk] , accessed 28 December 2007] missing soldiers of the United Kingdom and South Africa who died at the Battle of Cambrai and have no known graves.[ [http://www.malvernremembers.org.uk/CWGCMemorials.html Malvern Remembers] , accessed 28 December 2007)] ]The memorial was designed by H Chalton Bradshaw, who also designed the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing in Belgium,[ [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=88800&mode=1 Commonwealth War Graves Commission] , accessed 28 December 2007] with sculpture by Charles Sargeant Jagger.]Notable names
The memorial holds the names of seven recipients of the Victoria Cross who have no known grave. [ [http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/ggfrcamb.htm VictoriaCross.org.uk] , accessed 28 December 2007]
*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
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