The Cambrai Memorial to the Missing, sometimes referred to as the Louverval Memorial, is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial for the missing soldiers of World War I who fought in the Battle of Cambrai on the Western Front.
The memorial stands at one end of Louverval Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, which was founded by Commonwealth troops in April 1917 on the site of Louverval Chateau in northern France. It was designed by H. Chalton Bradshaw, who also designed the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing in Belgium, with sculpture by Charles Sargeant Jagger.
The memorial lists the 7,048 missing soldiers of the United Kingdom and South Africa who died at the Battle of Cambrai and have no known graves. Among those commemorated are seven recipients of the Victoria Cross who have no known grave. The memorial was unveiled on 4 August 1930 by Lieutenant-General Sir Louis Ridley Vaughan.
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