The
Arras Memorial to the Missing
The
name of Alexander Pirie is recorded on the tablets of The
Arras Memorial to the Missing. It is located
within the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras and bears the
names of over 35,000 men who
fell in the battlefields surrounding Arras between Spring
1916 and 7th August 1918 with the
exception of The Battle of Cambrai in 1917 and who have no
known grave.
The entrance to the
Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras
The inscription at the entrance to the Arras Memorial.
It reads
1914-1918
HERE ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF 35942 OFFICERS AND MEN
OF THE FORCES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE WHO FELL IN THE
BATTLES OF ARRAS OR IN AIR OPERATIONS ABOVE THE
WESTERN FRONT AND WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE
Bays 8 and 9 of the memorial contain the panels which
bear the names of
missing members of The Gordon Highlanders
