Monday Monuments and Memorials – Cambrai Monument to the Missing, Louverval, France

Entrance to Louverval Military Cemetery & Cambrai Monument

Cambrai Monument records names of over 7000 missing

A Forward Artillery Observer in a Captured Trench, by Charles Jagger

Stretcher Bearers, by Charles Jagger

On 20 November 1917, the British Army launched an attack toward Cambrai, an important German supply point, using about 400 tanks to great success … initially. Then the German army regrouped. By the end of the battle on 3 December, they had reclaimed almost all of the territory. The back-and-forth took a high toll, with over 40,000 casualties on each side.  

Monday Monuments and Memorials – Royal Artillery Memorial, London, UK

In proud remembrance of the 49,076 of all ranks of the Royal Regiment of Artillery who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War 1914-1919

The Royal Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner in London is dedicated to casualties in the Royal Regiment of Artillery in WW1: “In proud remembrance of the forty-nine thousand and seventy-six of all ranks of the Royal Regiment of Artillery who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War 1914-1919.” That’s 49,076.