Bourlon Wood Memorial
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The Bourlon Wood Memorial, near Bourlon, France, is a Canadian war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps during the final months of the First World War; a period also known as C
the Canadian Bourlon Wood Memorial
Bourlon Wood is seen in the background of Flesquières Hill British Cemetery
The memorial block on the summit plateau
The memorial from the southwest (April 2012)
The Canadian Battlefields Memorials Commission was a special commission established by the House of Commons of Canada, on the recommendations of the British Battle Exploits Memorials Committee. The Ca
Bourlon Wood Memorial
…in the war and for this reason it was originally decided that each battlefield would be treated equally and graced with identical monuments. The Canadian Battlefields Memorials Commission was formed in November 1920 and decided a competition would be held to select the design of the memorial that would be used at the eight European sites…
The design submitted of Frederick Clemesha.
The winning design, submitted by Walter Allward