The Brooding Soldier memorial at the Saint Julien Memorial marking the 1st German gas attacks from 22-24 April 1915 in Langemark-Poelkapelle, Belgium


The St. Julien Memorial is a Canadian war memorial and small commemorative park located in the village of Saint-Julien, Langemark (West Flemish: Sint-Juliaan), Belgium. The memorial commemorates the Canadian First Division's participation in the Second Battle of Ypres of World War I which included fighting in the face of the first poison gas attacks from 22-24 April 1915 along the Western Front. Frederick Chapman Clemesha's sculpture, the Brooding Soldier, was selected to serve as the central feature of the monument following a design competition organized by the Canadian Battlefield Monument Commission in 1920.


Size: 3840px × 5760px
Location: Brugseweg-Zonnebekestraat, 8920 Langemark-Poelkapelle, Flanders, Belgium, Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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