Arras - Arras Memorial

Located in the Faubourg d 'Amiens Cemetery is the Arras Memorial. It commemorates 34,785 British, South African and New Zealand soldiers who have no known grave who died in the Arras area from Spring 1916 to 7th August 1918.
 
The memorial was designed by Sir Edward Lutyens and unveiled by Lord Trenchard 31st July 1932.

 

CWGC ARRAS MEMORIAL 

 

Arras Memorial and Air Services Memorial
Faubourg d 'Amiens Cemetery

 

Arras Memorial Inscription
Faubourg d 'Amiens Cemetery

 1914 - 1918

HERE ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF 35942 OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FORCES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE WHO FELL IN THE BATTLE OF ARRAS OR IN AIR OPERATIONS ABOVE THE WESTERN FRONT AND WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE.

The memorial wall records 11 VC winners.

The memorial lists Lt Walter Tull , the first mixed heritage infantry officer to be commissioned . Tull had been a professional footballer before the war with Tottenham Hotspur and Northampton Town. He volunteered for the Footballers Battalion (Middlesex Regiment).  He rose to the rank of Sergeant and commissioned into the Middlesex Regiment  3o May 1917. Tull fought on the Italian from November 1917 to March 1918, returning to the Western Front on the 8th of that month. He was killed 25th March 1918 when the Germans launched their Spring Offensive.

Lt Walter Tull
Commemorated Arras Memorial





 CWGC - Walter Daniel John Tull          Walter Tull   

 

 



Arras Memorial Royal Artillery panel
Faubourg d 'Amiens Cemetery



 

Northumbrian Gunners Commemorated Arras Memorial 

 

Rank	Initials	Surname	Awards	Unit
Gnr	W	CARVER		"A" Bty. 250th Bde.
Gnr	W	KNAPP		"A" Bty. 250th Bde.
Sjt	W	WALLACE	D C M	"A" Bty. 250th Bde.
Gnr	T	HUNTER		"D" Bty. 251st Bde.
Gnr	G A	EALES		"A" Bty. 252nd Bde.
Gnr	H	EARL		"C" Bty. 315th Bde.
Sjt	A W	GILBERT		"D" Bty. 315th Bde.
Dvr	E R	HENNELL		"C" Bty. 315th Bde.
Gnr	G	MAHY		"A" Bty., 315th Bde.
Gnr	W N	MARSHALL		"C" Bty. 315th Bde.
Bde	H D	MITCHELL		"D" Bty. 315th Bde.
Gnr	C	MOISEY		"B" Bty. 315th Bde.
Dvr	W W	NORVELL		"A" Bty. 315th Bde.
Gnr	R J	WEEKES		"C" Bty. 315th Bde.
Gnr	C C E	DEEBLE		"D" Bty. 317th Bde.
F/ Sjt	E	FLYNN		"D" Bty. 317th Bde.
Gnr	J	MATTHEW		"A" Bty. 317th Bde.
Gnr	W H	ADAMS		"D" Bty. 160th Bde.
2. Lt	H T	BIRD		160th Bde.
Gnr	J T	HOLLINSHEAD		"B" Bty. 160th Bde.
Gnr	A	JACKSON		"A" Bty. 160th Bde.
L/ Bde	C	LAW	MM	"C" Bty. 160th Bde.
Dvr	E	MARSH		"C" Bty. 160th Bde.
Bde	F	NEWTON		"A" Bty. 160th Bde.
Gnr	T	RENWICK		"A" Bty. 160th Bde.
Cpl	J W	TAYLOR		"C" Bty. 160th Bde.
Lt	J C	YATES		160th Bde.