Location

The Arras Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras. The cemetery is near the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west of the railway station.

Follow the signs for the Citadelle.

There is a set of traffic lights at the memorial allowing you to turn into the small parking bay. To leave you need to advance to the foot of traffic light to trigger it. It will take a while so be patient.

The Arras Memorial - Main Page
Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery
Arras Town

Historical Information

The memorial commemorates almost 35 000 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and 7 August 1918 (the eve of the Advance to Victory) and have no known grave.

The most conspicuous events of this period were the Arras offensive of April-May 1917, and the German attack in the spring of 1918.

On 8 April 2007 as a mark of respect for those who had died fighting for the town, the Mayor of Arras: Monsieur Jean-Marie Vanlerenberghe, inaugurated a new system of illumination for the memorial, which the town had paid for to mark the 90th Anniversary of the Battle of Arras.

The Battle of Arras

At 2030 hours as the sun was slowly setting on a reasonably warm evening a small crowd of some few hundreds - almost all of whom were French - gathered to listen to a lone piper and witness the new lighting system being switched on.

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