Vis-en-Artois Memorial

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The Vis-en-Artois Memorial is a World War I memorial located near the commune of Vis-en-Artois, in the Pas-de-Calais département of France. The memorial lists 9,843 names of British and South African soldiers with no known grave who were killed during the Advance to Victory, from 8 August 1918 to the Armistice. The area of the frontline covered is described as "in Picardy and Artois, between the Somme and Loos". Canadian, Australian and New Zealand forces that fell during this period and were not found, are commemorated elsewhere on other memorials to the missing. ()

Unveiled: 1930Coordinates: 50°14'48"N, 2°57'1"E

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Hauts-de-FranceFrance

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Vis-en-Artois Memorial – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Bullecourt 1917, Monchy-le-Preux Memorial, Windmill British Cemetery.

~190 ftS
Cemetery
Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery
1 min walk • The Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I located between the communes of Vis-en-Artois and Haucourt in the département of Pas-de-Calais, France.
3.9 miS
Museum, Specialty museum
Bullecourt 1917
101 min walk • Bullecourt 1917, Jean and Denise Letaille museum, is a French museum, located in Bullecourt. It is a military museum about the First World War, and the nearby Battle of Arras in particular.
3 miNW
Memorial, Monuments and statues
Monchy-le-Preux Memorial
77 min walk • The Monchy-le-Preux Memorial is a Dominion of Newfoundland war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during the Battle of Arras of World War I.
3.1 miW
Cemetery
Windmill British Cemetery
80 min walk • The Windmill British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I located near to the commune of Monchy-le-Preux on the main Arras to Cambrai road in the département of Pas-de-Calais, France.
2.2 miE
Memorial
Dury Memorial
58 min walk • The Dury Memorial is a World War I Canadian war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps in the Second Battle of Arras, particularly their breakthrough at the Drocourt–Quéant Line switch of the Hindenburg Line just south of the town of Dury, Pas-de-Calais, France.
4.6 miSE
Cemetery
Quéant Road Cemetery
118 min walk • Quéant Road Cemetery is a World War I cemetery located between the villages of Buissy and Quéant in the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France. Situated on the north side of the D14 road, about 3 kilometres from Buissy, it contains 2,377 burials and commemorations of Commonwealth soldiers who died in the era of 1917 and 1918.
5.3 miSE
Memorial
War Memorial, Baralle
136 min walk • Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I.
6.5 miNE
Memorial
War Memorial, Gouy-sous-Bellonne
165 min walk • Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I.