Battle of Vimy Ridge

Vimy Ridge Day 2021

April 9, 2021Photo Essay, photography, UncategorizedBattle of Vimy Ridge, Canadian National Vimy Memorial, photography, Remembrance, The Canadian Corps, VimyAndrew Seal Leave a comment

Commemorating the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which began at 5:30 am on Easter Monday the 9th of April 1917. The battle continued until nightfall of the 12th of April when the Canadian Corps of four divisions gained firm control of the ridge. They suffered 10,602 casualties: 3,598 killed and 7,004 wounded. Four members of the Corps received Victoria Crosses for their actions during the battle:

Private William Johnstone Milne of the 16th (Canadian Scottish) Battalion.
Lance-Sergeant Ellis Wellwood Sifton of the 18th (Western Ontarion) Battalion
Private John George Pattison of the 50th (Calgary) Battalion.
Captain Thain Wendell MacDowell of the 38th (Ottawa) Battalion.

To view more images of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial I invite you to visit Remembrance Day

The haunting Flowers of the Forest is played by Pipe Major Angus MacDonald of the Scots Guards who for several years was the personal piper to Her Majesty the Queen, and described as one of the finest bagpipe players in the world.

Lest we forget 🇨🇦

Vimy Ridge Day 2019, commemorating the 3,598 killed and 7,004 wounded members of the Canadian Corps at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in Northern France from April 9th to 12th, 1917, with photos from our moving visit to the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Vimy in 2012. 🇨🇦

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Since our memorable 2012 visit to the Canadian National Memorial in Vimy I have posted many of my photographs from that moving visit over the past four years together with my video Lest We Forget made from those photos. To commemorate today’s solemn celebrations I am posting links to two of the posts for those of you who might wish to revisit them and welcome those of my new followers who might be interested in seeing them for the first time.

Remembering The Battle of Vimy Ridge: April 9-12 1917

Remembrance Day 2013

Lest we forget.

maturday

April 8, 2017Art, maturday, Painting, UncategorizedArt, Art studio, Battle of Vimy Ridge, maturday, painting, Remembrance, watercolorAndrew Seal View all 4 comments

We Remember matted and framed.

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of The Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Vimy Ridge Day

April 9, 2016photography, UncategorizedBattle of Vimy Ridge, Canadian National Vimy Memorial, photography, postaday, Remembrance, Vimy Ridge DayAndrew Seal View all 4 comments

The Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Vimy, France

Lest we forget

Studio 365: Day 99

April 9, 2015Studio 365, Uncategorized365, Art studio, Battle of Vimy Ridge, Canadian National Vimy Memorial, France, photography, postaday, Vimy Ridge DayAndrew Seal Leave a comment

Vimy Ridge Day commemorating The Battle of Vimy Ridge, April 9 1917

The photos for the video were taken during our memorable visit to Vimy in October 2012. The poppies, waving in the breeze at the end of the video, were from our garden. The bees were just visiting.

I commemorated this day last year with the post: Remembering the Battle of Vimy Ridge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Monument

April 12, 2014Uncategorized, Weekly Photo ChallengeBattle of Vimy Ridge, First World War, monument, photography, postaday, Rememberance, Vimy, weekly photo challengeAndrew Seal View all 9 comments

The Canadian National Vimy Memorial, France

The monument is dedicated to the memory of the members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force killed during the First World War. It was designed by Walter Allward and took eleven years to build. It was unveiled in 1936 and following an extensive restoration rededicated by Her Majesty the Queen on 9 April 2007 during a ceremony to commemorate the battle’s 90th anniversary.

Today marks the 97th Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which took place from 9 to 12 April, 1917. Those of you who follow my blog will have seen my post this week commemorating the Battle and where you will find links to previous posts of mine containing more images and a video from the Vimy Memorial site.