Arras Flying Services Memorial
Arras Flying Services Memorial | |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
For Royal Naval Air Service, the Royal Flying Corps, and the Royal Air Force who were killed on the whole Western Front and who have no known grave. | |
Unveiled | 31 July 1932 |
Location | 50°17′12″N 2°45′38″E / 50.28667°N 2.76056°E near |
Designed by | Edwin Lutyens |
Commemorated | 990 |
Official name | Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | i, ii, vi |
Designated | 2023 (45th session) |
Reference no. | 1567-PC11 |
Statistics source: Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
The Arras Flying Services Memorial Commonwealth War Graves Commission war memorial in the Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France. The memorial commemorates nearly 1,000 airmen from forces of the Commonwealth who were killed on the Western Front during World War I and who have no known grave. The memorial was designed by Edwin Lutyens, sculpted by William Reid Dick and unveiled by Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, Marshal of the Royal Air Force on 31 July 1932.
Background
In the spring of 1916, French troops transferred the city of Arras in Pas-de-Calais, France, to the British armed forces. Construction of the British portion of Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery in the western portion of Arras, near the Citadel designed by
Design
Architect
Unveiling ceremony
Notable airmen commemorated on the memorial
Pilots represented on the Flying Services Memorial include:
- Douglas John Bell – No. 3rd Squadron RAF, died on 27 May 1918.[8] He was awarded the Military Cross and Bar.
- Francis Cubbon – No.20 Squadron RFC, died on 9 June 1917.[9] He was credited with 21 aerial victories, and was awarded the Military Cross and Bar.
- No. 24 Squadron RFC, died on 23 November 1916, [1]. He was posted back to England in late 1915, with seven victories, making him the first British flying ace. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Victoria Cross. He died in duel with 'the Red Baron,' Manfred von Richthofen.
- Louis Fleeming Jenkin – No, 1 Squadron RFC, died on 11 September 1917.[10] He was credited with 22 aerial victories, and was awarded the Military Cross and Bar.
- Harry George Ernest Luchford – No. 20 Squadron RFC died on 2 December 1917.[11] He was credited with 24 aerial victories, and was awarded the Military Cross and Bar.[12]
- Mick Mannock – , No.85 Squadron RAF, died on 26 July 1918.[13] He was awarded the Military Cross and Bar, the Distinguished Service Order and Two Bars, and the Victoria Cross.
- Arthur Rhys-Davids – 56 Squadron RFC, died on 27 October 1917.[14] Military Cross and Bar and the Distinguished Service Order.
- Frederick Thayre – 20 Squadron RFC, died on 9 June 1917.[15]Military Cross and Bar.
- Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson – No. 22 Squadron RAF, died 27 September 1918.[16] Awarded the Military Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
- Frederick Carr Armstrong
- Carleton Main Clement
- Valentine Collins
- Pruett Dennett
- Gordon Budd Irving
- Patrick Anthony Langan-Byrne
- John Joseph Malone
- Alfred Edwin McKay
- Maurice Mealing
- Guy Borthwick Moore
- Guy William Price
- Ellis Vair Reid
- Alfred Shepherd
- Noel Webb
- rugby international.[17]
- Herbert Gould
References
- ^ a b c d "Cemetery Details: Arras Flying Services Memorial". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ ISBN 978-90-6450-715-1.
- ^ "Lutyens, Sir Edwin Landseer (1869–1944)". National Archives. 2015. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "Dick, Sir William Reid (1879–1961)". The National Archives. 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ a b c "British Arras Memorial to 35,000 Dead Unveiled by Lord Trenchard". The Herald. Glasgow. 1 August 1932. p. 11. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ a b "The Arras Memorial and the Flying Services Memorial". The National Archives. 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "Cemetery Details: Arras Memorial". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ CWGC. "Captain Douglas John Bell | War Casualty Details 740492". CWGC. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ Francis Richard Cubbon, CWGC
- ^ Louis Fleeming Jenkin, CWGC
- ^ CWGC. "Captain Harry George Ernest Luchford | War Casualty Details 3076969". CWGC. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Personals: Casualties". Flight. Vol. X, no. 488. 2 May 1918. p. 487. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ Edward C "Mick" Mannock, victoriacross
- ^ Arthur Percival Foley Rhys-Davids, CWGC
- ^ Frederick James Harry Thayre, CWGC
- ^ CWGC. "Captain Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson | War Casualty Details 777342". CWGC. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Casualty Details: Will, John George". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
External links
- "Welcome". The War Graves Photographic Project. 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.