Peace-the need for a memorial of war. In the call of the summer afternoon, the placid sheep graze leisurely in the shadows of the impessive memorial erected to the memory of the 11,700 men of the Canadian forces who fell on the fields where only their bleating now disturbs the peace once racked and tortured by the heavy guns of war . The 138 feet shrine towers of the surrounding area . The work of Mr Walter Allward , the Canadian sculptor , the 30 , 000 ton memorial stands on 240 acres of ground presented to Canada by the French Government . Twin grey rear to the sky, the Vimy Ridge Memorial is to be unveiled at arise, France, by the King next Sunday ( 26 July ) . 23 July 1936