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The Dury Memorial is a 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....
 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 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....
 in the Second Battle of Arras, particularly the their breakthrough at the Drocourt-Quéant
Drocourt-Quéant

The Drocourt-Qu?ant switch of the Hindenburg Line from Drocourt, Pas-de-Calais, to Qu?ant, Pas-de-Calais, was the site of a World War I engagement of German defenders with Canadian and British forces in France on 2?3 September, 1918, part of the Second Battle of Arras ....
 switch of the Hindenburg Line just south of the town of Dury
Dury

Dury may refer to:Places* Dury, Aisne, France* Dury, Pas-de-Calais, France* Dury, Somme, France* Dury, Shetland, ScotlandPeople* Baxter Dury, British musician...
. The Drocourt-Quéant switch was a main position in the Garman Army's defensive position in the area. The action took place on the 2nd and 3rd of September of 1918 during a period known as the Hundred Days
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....
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The Dury Memorial is a 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....
 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 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....
 in the Second Battle of Arras, particularly the their breakthrough at the Drocourt-Quéant
Drocourt-Quéant

The Drocourt-Qu?ant switch of the Hindenburg Line from Drocourt, Pas-de-Calais, to Qu?ant, Pas-de-Calais, was the site of a World War I engagement of German defenders with Canadian and British forces in France on 2?3 September, 1918, part of the Second Battle of Arras ....
 switch of the Hindenburg Line just south of the town of Dury
Dury

Dury may refer to:Places* Dury, Aisne, France* Dury, Pas-de-Calais, France* Dury, Somme, France* Dury, Shetland, ScotlandPeople* Baxter Dury, British musician...
. The Drocourt-Quéant switch was a main position in the Garman Army's defensive position in the area. The action took place on the 2nd and 3rd of September of 1918 during a period known as the Hundred Days
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 noteworthy for such a brief battle was that 7 Canadians
List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients

The following is a list of Canada recipients of the Victoria Cross, the highest war honour of the British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations....
 earned a Victoria Cross
Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration which is, or has been, awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth of Nations countries, and previous British Empire territories....
 on September 2nd during the battle.

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
Bourlon Wood Memorial

The Bourlon Wood Memorial is a Canadian war memorials that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps during the final months of World War I; a period also known as the Hundred Days Offensive....
 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.

The Dury Memorial site is a small square park located on the north side of the D939 Route Nationale, south of Dury, between the cities of Arras
Arras

Arras is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in northern France. The historic centre of the Artois region, its local speech is characterized as a Picard language dialect....
 and 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....
. Tall, stately maple trees line three edges of the park and well kept lawns surround the low circular flagstone terrace that the granite memorial block rests on.

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