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	Battle of Vimy Ridge
		The battle is commemorated by the Vimy Memorial, at Vimy Ridge, in Givenchy-en-Gohelle[?], near Vimy, in the french Pas-de-Calais.
		The land for the memorial as well as the surrounding 100 hectares were given to Canada by France in 1922 in gratitude for sacrifices made by Canada in the First World War and for the victory achieved by Canadian troops in capturing Vimy Ridge in April 1917.
		This memorial was built by the people of Canada as a tribute to their countrymen who fought in the Great War and, particularly, to the more than 66,000 men who gave their lives to defend freedom.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/vi/Vimy_Ridge.html (480 words)

	Vimy Memorial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The memorial stands atop Hill 145 near the towns of Vimy and Givenchy-en-Gohelle, in the Pas-de-Calais département of northern France.
		The land for the site of the memorial (about 1 km²) was granted in perpetuity to Canada by France in 1922, in recognition of the sacrifices made by the Canadian Armed Forces during the war and for capturing Vimy Ridge in April 1917.
		The memorial was officially unveiled on July 26, 1936 by King Edward VIII, in the presence of French President Albert Lebrun and over 50,000 Canadian and French veterans and their families [1].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vimy_Memorial (888 words)

	Vimy - Canada - The Great War - 1917
		The Memorial's two towering pylons and twice life-sized figures are built and carved from limestone brought from a quarry in Yugoslavia.
		Standing on Hill 145, the highest point of the the 14 kilometre-long Vimy Ridge, the Memorial overlooks the battlefield to the West, still pock-marked by countless shell-holes and mine-craters.
		Vimy Ridge was an important part of the Germans' defences, barring the way to the mines and factories in the Douai plain which had been of great use to them in their continuation of the war.
	www.fylde.demon.co.uk /vimy.htm (1265 words)

	World War One Battlefields : Other Battlefields : Vimy Ridge
		The attack at Vimy Ridge which was undertaken by the Canadian Corps (of the First Army) on Easter Monday, the 9th of April, 1917, is often seen as the first unequivocal success gained by the British (in this case Canadian) forces during the course of trench warfare.
		The attack at Vimy was part of an offensive mounted primarily to draw the German's attention from a major French offensive on the Aisne, which was launched a week after Vimy on the 16th of April, 1917.
		In addition there are some special memorials which are by the wall right behind the Great Cross, with a Duhallow block indicating that these soldiers were killed in action in 1917, and buried then in two other Canadian Cemeteries near here; however, their graves were subsequently lost.
	www.ww1battlefields.co.uk /others/vimy.html (1999 words)

	Battle of Arras - Vimy Ridge - World War I
		Vimy can be seen in the map above between the salients formed by the German Lys and Somme offensives of 1918.
		Memorial at "La Folie" Farm to men of the Canadian 3rd Division who fell at Vimy Ridge.
		The immediate British tactical objective was to be Vimy Ridge, which dominated the surrounding terrain and gave the Germans the great advantage of superior observation.
	www.warchronicle.com /wwi/battles/vimy.htm (1166 words)

	The Vimy Memorial
		Vimy Memorial park is nearly all forested now.
		In general, the statuary represents the great loss and grief of war, this is not a monument to glorify conflict, rather it serves as a solemn reminder of the terrible things mankind has wrought upon his brother.
		The Vimy memorial is stained and shows its age.
	members.tripod.com /RegimentalRogue/papers/vimy_memorial.htm (778 words)

	Vimy Ridge Memorial - Vimy Memorial Park - Battle of Vimy Ridge April 1917
		The British came to Vimy in 1916 when it was considered a ‘quiet’ sector of the Western Front.
		Work on the memorial began in the late 1920s, and it was designed by Walter Allward - the design came to him in a dream.
		Close to the memorial car-park is a ‘Interpretative Centre’ where a short film about the battle can be seen, along with various artefacts and photographs.
	battlefields1418.50megs.com /vimy_ridge.htm (563 words)

	Somme/Vimy Battlefield Tour
		Vimy Ridge Memorial & Trenches - A section of front line trenches have been preserved complete with concrete sandbags, duckboards, firing steps, sniper shields and observation saps.
		The Vimy Memorial was built on what was Hill 145; the strongest point of the German third line defences.
		The Interpretive Centre is the latest addition at Vimy Ridge and includes a short audio-visual display explaining the battle.
	www.schooltours.co.uk /sommevimy2.html (450 words)

	Anovi - Première Guerre Mondiale
		The Battle of Vimy Ridge is one of Canada’s greatest moments in her history.
		As the years move on and the veterans of Vimy and The Great War become fewer and fewer, there is less understanding in current generations of the effect it had on the war.
		The attack on Vimy Ridge was the first time in the entire war that all Canadians would together, as on corp. Lieutenant General Julian Byng would command the Canadian Corp into battle.
	www.grande-guerre.org /Articles/Vimy.htm (2115 words)

	WarMuseum.ca - The Battle of Vimy Ridge April 9-12, 1917 - The First World War
		Vimy monument now stands, was captured in a frontal bayonet charge against machine-gun positions.
		Vimy became a symbol for the sacrifice of the young Dominion.
		sculptures of the Vimy Memorial, unveiled in 1936, stand as a terrible and poignant reminder of the more than sixty thousand Canadians who died serving their country during the First World War.
	www.civilization.ca /cwm/vimy/index_e.html (644 words)

	Roll of Honour - Overseas - Vimy Ridge, France
		Designed by a Canadian, Walter Allward, the memorial is made of limestone it commemorates not only more than 11,000 Canadians who have no known grave, but also all 66,655 Canadians who travelled across the Atlantic and died on the Fields of France.
		Today the area around the Memorial is pockmarked with shell craters, and because of the still present danger of unexploded shells, the only living creatures to walk the grass are peacefully grazing sheep.
		The 250 acres of land which surround the Memorial were given by the French to Canada in perpetuity.
	www.roll-of-honour.com /Overseas/vimyridge.html (197 words)

	::Vimy Ridge::
		Vimy Ridge is about 10 miles north of Arras and it was considered an important strategic area.
		A vast memorial now stands at Vimy Ridge to commemorate the 10,000 Canadian men who died in this battle - nearly 10% of their forces in the area.
		The original memorial put up for the Canadians who lost their lives at the 1917 battle at Vimy Ridge was a lot less grand than the one there today.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /vimy.htm (467 words)

	Vimy Aircraft Project \| News & Events \| Project Updates
		The ‘Vimy’ was named after a major battle in the First World War at Vimy Ridge, in which Canada played a significant, painful and heroic role.
		The ‘Vimy’, we believe, will be a superb goodwill ambassador and should generate significant interest and involvement from the Canadians for this historically significant project.
		The Vimy hopes to make possible US stops in Seattle, Oshkosh and Chicago for Airshows, which will be aimed at generating additional Canadian and U.S. support for the Vimy Transatlantic 2005 flight attempt.
	www.vimy.org /newsandevents/projectupdates/April04.html (486 words)

	A Canadian's Visit to Vimy Ridge and Battlefields of Belgium
		The memorial is quite new and represents one of the more amazing feats of the Canadian forces during the war.
		The Canadian Memorial of at Vimy Ridge is the largest and most impressive monument of the First War.
		The figures of the Memorial stand for peace, justice, truth, knowledge and sacrifice while the largest is carved from a 30 tonne block representing a “brooding Canada” watching over the graves of her dead.
	pages.interlog.com /~fatjack/vimy/vimy.html (3322 words)

	West Shore Memorial
		The design of the war Memorial incorporates the two pillars of Vimy and the "Mourning Mother" which was inspired by the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France.
		This actual piece of the Vimy Memorial in France is the first piece of Vimy to be used in a War Memorial in Canada.
		There was a Candlelight Tribute to dedicate the Commemorative and Vimy plaques along with the Maple Leafs that citizens and organizations have purchased throughout the months since the parks opening.Candlelight tributes are a commemorative ceremony to inspire and engage young Canadians to learn about Canadian military history in the cause of peace and freedom.
	members.shaw.ca /rclprinceedward/pages/aboutus/memorial.htm (458 words)

	WarMuseum.ca - The Battle of Vimy Ridge April 9-12, 1917 - The Sculptures on the Vimy Memorial - The First World War
		The stone memorial and figures in France are the work of professional stonecarvers working from his designs.
		The traditional link between art and memorial is inferred in the reclining figures of the two mourners, patterned on the four statues by Michelangelo on the Medici Tomb in Florence, Italy.
		The proposal was "that the Army authorities could assist by accepting delivery of the crates, at the Proving Grounds or some other location where the attention of the public would not be attracted, and where the models could be photographed and then destroyed." However, the Minister of National Defence did not agree to the plan.
	www.warmuseum.ca /cwm/vimy/sculptures_e.html (1641 words)

	The War Amps: Canada's Military Heritage - Memorials: Vimy Ridge Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Vimy Ridge, France, was a key objective of the Allies during the First World War.
		One Vimy veteran, Perce Lemmon, was only 16 when he joined the army.
		The battle of Vimy Ridge was a turning point of the First World War.
	www.waramps.ca /military/memorials/vimy.html (274 words)

	Vimy_brochure
		The Canadian National Vimy Memorial was erected by Canadians in honour of their countrymen who participated in the Great War, particularly those, some 66 000, who lost their lives.
		Construction of the memorial began in 1925 and was completed and the monument unveiled eleven years later in July 1936.
		The plan to renovate the Canadian National Vimy Memorial is part of a larger restoration project of the thirteen Canadian memorial sites headed by Veterans Affairs Canada, in collaboration with other government ministries, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and various groups specializing in all aspects of military history.
	www.interlog.com /~fatjack/vimy/vimybrochure.htm (710 words)

	Vimy Memorial - Veterans Affairs Canada
		Inscribed on the ramparts of the Memorial are the names of 11,285 Canadian soldiers who were posted as "missing, presumed dead" in France.
		The land for the battlefield park, 91.18 hectares (250 acres) in extent, was (as stated on a plaque at the entrance to the Memorial) "the free gift in perpetuity of the French nation to the people of Canada".
		Eleven thousand tonnes of concrete and masonry were required for the base of the Memorial and 5,500 tonnes of "trau" stone were brought from Yugoslavia for the pylons and the sculptured figures.
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /general/sub.cfm?source=memorials/ww1mem/vimy (459 words)

	Vimy Ridge - picture gallery
		Vimy Ridge is preserved as a memorial to the sacrifice these men made.
		Canadian officers had each been provided with detailed information about the defenses on Vimy Ridge, the briefing that they received was way in advance of those provided throughout much of the war to the vast majority of officers.
		Vimy Ridge was granted to the people of Canada by the people of France as a mark of thanks for the role that the Canadian armed forces played in defending the city of Arras.
	www.schoolshistory.org.uk /images/vimyridge (401 words)

	Vimy Ceremony Concludes Aboriginal Spiritual Journey in Europe
		Vimy, France -- A Ceremony of Remembrance was conducted at Vimy today to honour Canadians who gave their lives in wartime.
		The ceremony at Canadian Cemetery No. 2 on the grounds of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial was the final event in Europe for the members of the Aboriginal Spiritual Journey.
		They departed Canada October 26th, visited Canadian war memorials and battlefield locations in Belgium and France, and conducted a Calling Home Ceremony involving the customs and traditions of First Nations and Métis peoples and the Inuit to invite the spirits of fallen warriors to return to Canada to rest with their ancestors.
	news.gc.ca /cfmx/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=180069 (389 words)

	Canadian War Memorials
		Foremost among memorials is the National War Memorial in Ottawa's Confederation Square.
		In the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa the story of Canada in the First World War is inscribed on marble panels set in the walls.
		The names of these men are inscribed on memorials in Canada and Europe, 11,285 are on the Vimy Memorial, and 6,994 on the Commonwealth Memorial at the Menin Gate in Ypres.
	www.militarybadges.info /canada/pages/10-memorials.htm (531 words)

	Legion Magazine :
		Such is the case with the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, the country's greatest overseas tribute to those who served in World War I. At first sight, the monument's towering twin pylons and evocative statues cast such a spell over the northern French landscape that you might not notice the deterioration.
		The memorial cost approximately $80,000 to build and the funds were raised by Prince Edward Branch through its fundraising activities in the west shore communities of Langford, Colwood, Metchosin and Highlands.
		The unveiling of the new memorial in September of 2001, was well-attended with Senator Mobina Jaffer, MLA Brian Kerr, Canadian Peacekeeping Veterans Association National President Harold Leduc, and local mayors participating.
	www.legionmagazine.com /frontline/news/02-11.asp (11337 words)

	Vimy Ridge Memorial Unveiled - "On This Day" - CBC Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Before a crowd of Canadians and dignitaries, the memorial is unveiled and dedicated to Canada's fallen sons.
		For many, the ceremony is bittersweet — it is both a memorial to those who died in the First World War and a commemoration of Canada's growing sense of nationhood.
		At the end of the war, France gave Canada the Vimy Ridge grounds on which to build a memorial.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-71-203-1006-20/that_was_then/conflict_war/vimy_ridge_memorial (395 words)

	Birth of a nation at Vimy Ridhe
		All four divisions were located near Vimy Ridge, with the British on their north side and the French on the south.
		Most of the Vimy Ridge, however, was occupied by the Bavarian Reserve Corps, with two divisions, the 79th Reserve Division and the 1st Bavarian Reserve Division.
		The memorial on Vimy Ridge stands dramatically on the summit beneath which the shimmering spirits of Canadian soldiers gather in the silvery moonlight.
	www.talkingproud.us /HistoryVimyRidge.html (5391 words)

	Battle of Vimy Ridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Vimy Ridge was one of the opening battles in a larger British campaign known as the Battle of Arras.
		Vimy, located in northern France, was one of the most heavily defended points on the entire Western Front and was thought to be an impregnable fortress.
		Vimy Ridge was the first Allied victory in almost a year and a half and it was especially demoralizing for the Germans who had viewed the Ridge as one of their most impregnable strong points.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Vimy_Ridge (1501 words)

	Vimy Memorial SW Face From Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The twin pylons of the Vimy Memorial represent the two nations of Canada and France.
		The large park on which the memorial is situated was given by France to Canada in perpetuity.
		While the memorial is located at the site of the Battle of Vimy Ridge it specifically commemorates the 60,000 Canadians who died in the Great War.
	www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca /galwarvimy/vimyswcent.html (101 words)

	CTV.ca - Carvers restoring names on Vimy war memorial - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
		— In the shadow of the towering Canadian Vimy Memorial, stone carvers are rewriting history.
		But Vimy is the true labour of love, taking two-thirds of the total funding and two full years to complete.
		Vimy Ridge is the scene of one of the most celebrated battles by Canadian troops of the First World War.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20051106/vimy_051106/20051106/?hub=Canada&subhub=PrintStory (652 words)

	CWGC :: Cemetery Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Vimy Memorial overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge, about eight kilometres northeast of Arras on the N17 towards Lens.
		The memorial is signposted from this road to the left, just before you enter the village of Vimy from the south.
		After the war, the highest point of the ridge was chosen as the site of the great memorial to all Canadians who served their country in battle during the First World War, and particularly to the 60,000 who gave their lives in France.
	www.cwgc.org /search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=87900&mode=1 (438 words)

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