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
The design submitted of Frederick Clemesha.
The winning design, submitted by Walter Allward
Hill 62 Memorial
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The Canadian Hill 62 Memorial is a war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps in defending the southern stretches of the Ypres Salient between April and August 1916 including act
Canadian Battlefields Memorials Commission
…erect memorials. The committee recommended that memorials be erected at "Vimy, Bourlon Wood, Le Quesnel, Dury and Courcelette in France and St. Julien, Hill 62 (Sanctuary Wood), and Passchendaele in Belgium." The Battle Exploits Memorials Committee also recommended that Canada hold an architectural design…
Hill 62 (Sanctuary Wood) Memorial
Hill 62 Memorial visitor's book cabinet
Close-up of the central granite block monument, showing the English inscription