3350 x 4188 px | 28,4 x 35,5 cm | 11,2 x 14 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
18 juin 2017
Lieu:
D950, Gavrelle, France
Informations supplémentaires:
The monument to the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division at Gavrelle near Arras commemorates events on the 9th April 1917 when the British Third Army launched the Battle of Arras striking towards Cambrai. That same morning the First Army (and in particular the Canadian Corps) assaulted Vimy Ridge to the north of Arras. For a few days all went well but by the 14th April the advances made by the Third Army were starting to peter out. That evening the 63rd (RN) Division, which was part of the First Army’s reserve, began taking over the line in front of the village of Gavrelle. 23rd April 1917 Having breached the German’s front line positions during the preceding weeks, the British were now confronted in this sector by a trench system known as the Oppy line — named after the village north of Gavrelle.Unlike their monument at Beaucourt – a simple obelisk – this imaginative conception expresses the idea of the Royal Naval Division anchored within the ruins of the village. The three ton anchor was provided by the Royal Navy and the red bricks represent the commonest form of building material in the village. Scattered around the walls of the ruin are a number of shells lying amongst the fallen bricks. There are plaques to all the units of the Division on the outer wall. The monument was unveiled on the 8th May 1991 in the pouring rain and has received a couple of coats of paint since then to keep it fresh. If you look across the fields away from the express you will be able to see Naval Trench Cemetery where some of those who fell are buried. Many of the others are buried at Orchard Dump Cemetery just outside Arleux.
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