Hill 62 Memorial
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| Hill 62 (Sanctuary Wood) Memorial | |
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| For The 8,430 Canadian soldiers who fell in defence of Ypres in World War I |
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| Location | near Ypres, (Ieper), Belgium |
The Hill 62 Memorial is a war memorial commemorating the actions of the Canadian Corps during World War I. Located about 5 km east of Ieper, Belgium, off the Menin Road at the end of Canadalaan (Canada Lane) past the Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62 and the Sanctuary Wood Cemetery.
Following the Great War each country created projects to commemorate their losses. These War Memorials were constructed throughout the 1920s and 30s. The Canadian Government held a competition for the memorial designs. There were two unique memorials created; the Vimy Memorial and the Brooding Soldier of the Saint Julien Memorial. The remaining memorials were based on the same basic design of a granite block in the centre of a circular patch of grass. The memorials of this design all commemorate battles on the Western Front in Belgium (2) and France (4).
This memorial was one of six that were created from a common design. It is a block of white Quebec granite weighing almost 15 tonnes, set in a green lawn at the top of three landscaped terraces. The terraces are planted with red roses. The inscription reads:
| “ | HERE AT MOUNT SORREL ON THE LINE FROM HOOGE TO ST ELOI, THE CANADIAN CORPS FOUGHT IN THE DEFENCE OF YPRES OF APRIL - AUGUST 1916. | ” |
There is a view from the top of the terraces of Sanctuary Wood and Maple Copse with the church towers of Ypres, five kilometres to the west. Many of the Canadian headstones in the Maple Copse and Hooge Crater cemeteries date from 1916.
