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The Bourlon Wood Memorial is a Canadian war memorial
Canadian war memorials

Memorials to Canada in battle girdle the globe. The following is a list of major Canadian war memorials both domestic and international....
 that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps
Canadian Corps

For other uses of Canadian Corps, see Canadian Corps The Canadian Corps was a World War I corps formed from the Canadian Expeditionary Force in September 1915 after the arrival of the 2nd Canadian Division in France....
 during the final months of World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
; a period also known as the Hundred Days Offensive
Hundred Days Offensive

The Hundred Days Offensive was the final period of World War I, where the Allies of World War I launched a series of offensives against the Central Powers on the Western Front from 8 August 1918 to 11 November 1918, beginning with the Battle of Amiens....
. Particularly celebrated are the Canadian Corps
Canadian Expeditionary Force

For the organisation that fought in Europe, see Canadian Corps.The Canadian Expeditionary warfare was the designation of the field force created by Canada for service overseas in the First World War....
 crossing of the Canal du Nord
Battle of the Canal du Nord

The Battle of Canal du Nord was a military offensive of World War I by the British First Army and British Third Army against the German troops along the Western Front in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, from 27 September 1918 to 1 October 1918....
 their flushing the German forces from Bourlon
Bourlon

Bourlon is a Communes of France in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France....
 and Bourlon Wood and the 'Pursuit to Mons' through Cambrai, Denain, Valenciennes and into Mons on the 11th of November 1918. It is located adjacent to the town of Bourlon (about 10km west of Cambrai
Cambrai

Cambrai is a Communes of France in the Nord Departments of France in northern France. It is a Subprefectures in France of the department.Cambrai is the seat of Archdiocese of Cambrai whose jurisdiction was immense during the Middle Ages....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
).

Canadian Battlefield Monument Commission established after the Great War was appointed to select the location and design of the memorials to commemorate the Canadian participation in the First World War.






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The Bourlon Wood Memorial is a Canadian war memorial
Canadian war memorials

Memorials to Canada in battle girdle the globe. The following is a list of major Canadian war memorials both domestic and international....
 that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps
Canadian Corps

For other uses of Canadian Corps, see Canadian Corps The Canadian Corps was a World War I corps formed from the Canadian Expeditionary Force in September 1915 after the arrival of the 2nd Canadian Division in France....
 during the final months of World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
; a period also known as the Hundred Days Offensive
Hundred Days Offensive

The Hundred Days Offensive was the final period of World War I, where the Allies of World War I launched a series of offensives against the Central Powers on the Western Front from 8 August 1918 to 11 November 1918, beginning with the Battle of Amiens....
. Particularly celebrated are the Canadian Corps
Canadian Expeditionary Force

For the organisation that fought in Europe, see Canadian Corps.The Canadian Expeditionary warfare was the designation of the field force created by Canada for service overseas in the First World War....
 crossing of the Canal du Nord
Battle of the Canal du Nord

The Battle of Canal du Nord was a military offensive of World War I by the British First Army and British Third Army against the German troops along the Western Front in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, from 27 September 1918 to 1 October 1918....
 their flushing the German forces from Bourlon
Bourlon

Bourlon is a Communes of France in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France....
 and Bourlon Wood and the 'Pursuit to Mons' through Cambrai, Denain, Valenciennes and into Mons on the 11th of November 1918. It is located adjacent to the town of Bourlon (about 10km west of Cambrai
Cambrai

Cambrai is a Communes of France in the Nord Departments of France in northern France. It is a Subprefectures in France of the department.Cambrai is the seat of Archdiocese of Cambrai whose jurisdiction was immense during the Middle Ages....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
).

Monument Design

The Canadian Battlefield Monument Commission established after the Great War was appointed to select the location and design of the memorials to commemorate the Canadian participation in the First World War. The Canadian National Vimy Memorial at Vimy Ridge was selected as the national memorial site and seven other locations at Hill 62
Hill 62 Memorial

The Hill 62 Memorial is a Canadian war memorials that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps in defending the southern stretches of the Ypres Salient between April and August 1916....
, St. Julien
Saint Julien Memorial

Saint Julien Wood is a section of forested land in Belgium, near Langemark at the north east of the Ypres Salient. During World War I, the location was known as 'Vancouver Corner'....
 and Passchendaele
Passchendaele Memorial

The Passchendaele Memorial is a Canadian war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps in the Second Battle of Passchendaele of world War I....
 in Belgium, as well as Le Quesnel
Le Quesnel Memorial

The Le Quesnel Memorial is a Canadian war memorials that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps during the 1918 Battle of Amiens during World War I....
, Dury
Dury Memorial

The Dury Memorial is a World War I Canadian war memorials that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Second Battle of Arras, particularly the their breakthrough at the Drocourt-Qu?ant switch of the Hindenburg Line just south of the town of Dury....
, Courcelette
Courcelette Memorial

The Courcelette Memorial is a Canadian war memorials that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps during in the final two and a half months of the infamous four and a half month long Battle of the Somme of the World War I....
 and Bourlon Wood in France were chosen to commemorate significant battles the Canadian Expeditionary Force
Canadian Expeditionary Force

For the organisation that fought in Europe, see Canadian Corps.The Canadian Expeditionary warfare was the designation of the field force created by Canada for service overseas in the First World War....
 had engaged in. Each of the seven sites were to have an identical granite block inscribed with a brief description of the battle in both English and French.

Situated on land ground donated by the Comte de Franqueville, the Mayor of Bourlon at the War's end, the Bourlon Wood Memorial site is a beautiful series of terraces lined with ancient lime trees that were nursed back to health after having been shattered by shellfire during the battle for Bourlon Wood. The granite block monument is set at the top of the hill in a glade of lawn upon a low circular flagstone terrace.

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