Veterans whose names are on the Strathroy cenotaph and whose names are also on the Vimy Memorial include:
Private Arthur Holderness (June 15, 1915)
Private Ernest Ivon Leaden (October 3, 1916)
Private Henry Leonard Pembleton (March 3, 1917)
Corporal John Brown (April 9, 1917)
Private Charles Henry Smithrim (May 5, 1917)
Sargeant Edward T. Moore (April 4, 1918)
Private Wilfred Vernon Sullivan (August 27, 1918)
Private James Neil McGeary (September 3, 1918)
The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is a memorial site in France dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the First World War. It also serves as the place of commemoration for First World War Canadian soldiers killed or presumed dead in France who have no known grave. The monument is the centrepiece of a 100-hectare (250-acre) preserved battlefield park that encompasses a portion of the ground over which the Canadian Corps made their assault during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, a military engagement fought as part of the Battle of Arras.
The Battle of Vimy Ridge was the first occasion on which all four divisions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force participated in a battle as a cohesive formation, and thus became a Canadian national symbol of achievement and sacrifice. France ceded to Canada perpetual use of a portion of land on Vimy Ridge on the understanding that the Canadians use the land to establish a battlefield park and memorial. Wartime tunnels, trenches, craters and unexploded munitions still honeycomb the grounds of the site, which remains largely closed off for reasons of public safety. Along with preserved trench lines, a number of other memorials and cemeteries are contained within the site.
The memorial took monument designer Walter Seymour Allward eleven years to build. King Edward VIII unveiled the memorial on 26 July 1936, in the presence of French President Albert Lebrun, 50,000 or more Canadian and French veterans, and their families. Following an extensive multi-year restoration, Queen Elizabeth II rededicated the memorial on 9 April 2007 during a ceremony commemorating the 90th anniversary of the battle. The memorial site is one of two National Historic Sites of Canada located outside of Canada and is maintained by Veterans Affairs Canada (the other is the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial).
[Source: wikipedia]
Story Galleries – A Brief History of Vimy
Map of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial Park with tour stops
Design and Construction of the Vimy Memorial
Student Guide Program in France
Commonwealth War Graves Commission link (You can find casualty records via this link)
