Arras Flying Services Memorial
Arras Flying Services Memorial, War memorial obelisk in Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, France
The Arras Flying Services Memorial features a tall stone obelisk topped with a bronze globe marking the Earth's position during the 1918 Armistice.
The memorial, unveiled in 1932, contains inscribed names of 990 Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force personnel who died during World War I without marked graves.
This monument stands within the Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery as part of the UNESCO World Heritage collection of First World War memorial sites.
Visitors can access the memorial daily through the main cemetery entrance or via a wheelchair-accessible gate at Rue Berthe Warret.
The bronze globe atop the memorial precisely represents the astronomical position of Earth on November 11, 1918, at the moment of the Armistice.
Location: Arras
Inception: July 31, 1932
Architects: Edwin Lutyens
Creator: William Reid Dick
Part of: Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)
GPS coordinates: 50.28698,2.76042
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:48
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