Arras Flying Services Memorial | |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
![]() Arras Flying Services Memorial in the Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery | |
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.