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Saint Julien Wood is a section of forested land in Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
, near Langemark at the north east of the Ypres Salient
Ypres Salient

The Ypres Salient is the area around Ypres in Belgium which was the scene of some of the biggest battles in World War I.In military terms, a salient is a battlefield feature that projects into enemy territory....
. During 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....
, the location was known as 'Vancouver
Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....
 Corner'. Kitchener's Wood is close by. It is where one of the most infamous battles 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....
 occurred from the 22nd to 24th of April, 1915 between the 5th, 8th, 10th and 15th Battalions of the 2nd Brigade of 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....
 and the German Army
German Army

The German Army is the land component of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Traditionally the German military forces have been composed of the Army, the Deutsche Marine, and an Luftwaffe after World War I....
. The Canadian battalions were some of the first Allied Powers to experience a German chlorine
Chlorine

Chlorine...
 gas attack, at the beginning of the Second Battle of Ypres
Second Battle of Ypres

The Second Battle of Ypres was the first time Germany used chemical weapons on a large scale on the Western Front in World War I and the first time a former colonial force pushed back a major European power on European soil, which occurred in the battle of St....
 in 1915.






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Saint Julien Wood is a section of forested land in Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
, near Langemark at the north east of the Ypres Salient
Ypres Salient

The Ypres Salient is the area around Ypres in Belgium which was the scene of some of the biggest battles in World War I.In military terms, a salient is a battlefield feature that projects into enemy territory....
. During 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....
, the location was known as 'Vancouver
Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....
 Corner'. Kitchener's Wood is close by. It is where one of the most infamous battles 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....
 occurred from the 22nd to 24th of April, 1915 between the 5th, 8th, 10th and 15th Battalions of the 2nd Brigade of 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....
 and the German Army
German Army

The German Army is the land component of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Traditionally the German military forces have been composed of the Army, the Deutsche Marine, and an Luftwaffe after World War I....
. The Canadian battalions were some of the first Allied Powers to experience a German chlorine
Chlorine

Chlorine...
 gas attack, at the beginning of the Second Battle of Ypres
Second Battle of Ypres

The Second Battle of Ypres was the first time Germany used chemical weapons on a large scale on the Western Front in World War I and the first time a former colonial force pushed back a major European power on European soil, which occurred in the battle of St....
 in 1915. Of 816 Canadian soldiers from 10th Battalion CEF, who were on the left flank of the British forces, 623 of them lay dead by the end of 23 April. They were buried where they fell.

The Memorial


Visible for miles around, the memorial stands 11 metres tall. The central column rises from a flagstone terrace and is sculpted at its top to form the bowed head and shoulders of a Canadian soldier, his hands resting on his reversed rifle. The column is surrounded by gardens of tall cedars trimmed into the shape of artillery shells and low cut cedars trimmed to look like shell explosions. The memorial was unveiled on 8 July 1923 by the Duke of Connaught and the tribute was made by Marshal Foch
Ferdinand Foch

Ferdinand Foch . Order of Merit List of honorary British knights was a France soldier, military theorist, and writer credited with possessing "the most original and subtle mind in the French Army" in the early 20th century....
, former supreme commander of the Allied Powers armed forces on the Western Front
Western Front (World War I)

Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German Empire army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France....
.

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 St. Julien, 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....
 and 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....
 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. St. Julien however, received the 'Brooding Soldier' monument after its design placed second to Walter Allward's
Walter Seymour Allward

Walter Seymour Allward was a Canada sculpture.He was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of John A. Allward of Newfoundland. Educated in Toronto public schools, his first job was at the age of 14 as an assistant to his carpenter father....
 plans for the Vimy Memorial, but it was thought to be too good to go unused.

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