Monday Monuments and Memorials – Unveiling Vimy Ridge Monument, Canadian War Museum, Ottawa

Unveiling Vimy Ridge Monument, Georges Bertin Scott

Vimy Pilgrimage medal worn by Edward VIII

April 9-12 marks the 100^th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, part of the Battle of Arras. On a snowy Easter Monday in 1917, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps fought together for the first (and only) time. Training and tactics won the ridge, but at the cost of about 3,600 Canadian lives.

Vimy Ridge is an important site of Canadian remembrance: a 250-acre park on the former battleground is the site of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial. The monument commemorates Canadian WW1 soldiers killed or presumed dead in France who have no known grave.