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Veterans whose names are on the Strathroy cenotaph and whose names are also on the Vimy Memorial include:<\/p>\n

Private Arthur Holderness<\/a> (June 15, 1915)<\/p>\n

Private Ernest Ivon Leaden (October 3, 1916)<\/p>\n

Private Henry Leonard Pembleton (March 3, 1917)<\/p>\n

Corporal John Brown (April 9, 1917)<\/a><\/p>\n

Private Charles Henry Smithrim (May 5, 1917)<\/p>\n

Sargeant Edward T. Moore (April 4, 1918)<\/p>\n

Private Wilfred Vernon Sullivan (August 27, 1918)<\/a><\/p>\n

Private James Neil McGeary (September 3, 1918)<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Canadian National Vimy Memorial<\/b>\u00a0is a memorial site in\u00a0France<\/a>\u00a0dedicated to the memory of\u00a0Canadian Expeditionary Force<\/a>\u00a0members killed during the\u00a0First World War<\/a>. 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\u00a0Canadian Corps<\/a>\u00a0made their assault during the\u00a0Battle of Vimy Ridge<\/a>, a military engagement fought as part of the\u00a0Battle of Arras<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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<\/span> 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,\u00a0trenches<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n

The memorial took monument designer\u00a0Walter Seymour Allward<\/a>\u00a0eleven years to build.\u00a0King Edward VIII<\/a>\u00a0unveiled the memorial on 26 July 1936, in the presence of\u00a0French President<\/a>\u00a0Albert Lebrun<\/a>, 50,000 or more Canadian and French veterans, and their families. Following an extensive multi-year restoration, Queen\u00a0Elizabeth II<\/a>\u00a0rededicated the memorial on 9 April 2007 during a ceremony commemorating the 90th anniversary of the battle. The memorial<\/span> site is one of two\u00a0National Historic Sites of Canada<\/a>\u00a0located outside of\u00a0Canada<\/a>\u00a0and is maintained by\u00a0Veterans Affairs Canada<\/a>\u00a0(the other is the\u00a0Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial<\/a>).<\/p>\n

[Source: wikipedia<\/a>]<\/p>\n

The Battle of Vimy Ridge<\/a><\/p>\n

Experience Vimy<\/a><\/p>\n

Story Galleries – A Brief History of Vimy<\/a><\/p>\n

Map of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial Park with tour stops<\/a><\/p>\n

Design and Construction of the Vimy Memorial<\/a><\/p>\n

Student Guide Program in France<\/a><\/p>\n

Commonwealth War Graves Commission<\/a> link (You can find casualty records via this link)<\/p>\n

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