Masnières Newfoundland Memorial, War memorial in Masnières, France

The Masnières Newfoundland Memorial is a bronze caribou sculpture standing on a mound of pale grey stones, set on a large grey rock. Two square stone pillars flank a paved path; their plaques read "NEWFOUNDLAND" and "FRANCE". A low stone wall and a clipped hedge surround the grassy base, where a wreath and small flag are often placed.

The Royal Newfoundland Regiment, part of the 88th Brigade of the British 29th Division, entered Masnières on 20 November 1917 during the First Battle of Cambrai, clearing the last defenders the next day. On 30 November the Germans attacked the salient south of the town; the brigade counter-attacked and pushed them back 1,500 metres, the battalion falling from 369 to 238 other ranks and officers. The regiment held until the withdrawal of 4 December.

The caribou, emblem of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, was sculpted in bronze by Basil Gotto and stands on a cairn of Newfoundland granite. Six memorials were erected in Europe after the war, four in France, one at Courtrai in Belgium and one at Gallipoli; a seventh stands in Bowring Park, St. John's. The mounds are ringed with plants native to Newfoundland.

The memorial stands on the west side of the D644 at the northern exit of Masnières, on the road toward Cambrai, on raised ground above the town. The caribou sits in the centre of a small parallelogram-shaped park, with a circular garden at the cairn's base and a level lawn with several maple trees around three sides.

The caribou atop the cairn faces the direction the Newfoundlanders attacked on 20 November 1917. The regiment's war diary for 30 November records the cost of holding the line: 9 officers and 360 other ranks in the morning, 8 officers and 230 other ranks that night. The Masnières caribou is one of six such memorials, four in France, one at Courtrai/Kortrijk in Belgium and one at Gallipoli.