Arras Flying Services Memorial Erected in 1932 , the Arras Flying Services Memorial commemorates nearly 1 , 000 airmen from forces of the Commonwealth who were killed on the Western Front during World War I and who have no known grave . It is located in the Faubourg d ' Amiens Cemetery in Arras , Pas - de - Calais , France . Background . In the spring of 1916 , French troops transferred the city of Arras in Pas - de - Calais , France , to the British armed forces . Construction of the British portion of Faubourg d ' Amiens Cemetery in the western portion of Arras , near the Citadel designed by Vauban , began in March 1916 , behind the existing French graveyard . After the Armistice , the cemetery was extended with graves that were transferred from the battlefield and from two smaller graveyards in the area . The graves in the French portion of the military cemetery were moved elsewhere after the war . The vacant land was then designated for two monuments , the Arras Memorial and the Arras Flying Services Memorial . The Faubourg d ' Amiens Cemetery comprises 2 , 650 graves of the First World War , including 10 unidentified burials . In addition to 8 WWII burials from the United Kingdom and United States , there are 30 graves of other nationalities . The Arras Memorial commemorates nearly 35 , 000 servicemen from the United Kingdom , South Africa , and New Zealand who died between the spring of 1916 and 7 August 1918 ( the eve of the Advance to Victory ) in the Arras region and who have no known grave . ( Missing Canadian and Australian servicemen are commemorated elsewhere . ) The Arras Flying Services Memorial commemorates nearly 1 , 000 members of the Royal Naval Air Service , the Royal Flying Corps , and the Royal Air Force who were killed on the Western Front and who have no known grave . Design . Architect Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens ( 1869 – 1944 ) , of the Imperial War Graves Commission , designed the layout of the Faubourg - d ' Amiens Cemetery . He also designed the Arras Memorial and the Arras Flying Services Memorial . The cemetery was planned and constructed before the two monuments were designed . As a result , the paths of the cemetery do not align with the Arras Memorial . The Flying Services Memorial is adjacent to the Arras Memorial . It is an obelisk with a globe which forms a finial on the top . The four sides of the obelisk are inscribed with the names of 990 airmen who were killed on the Western Front and have no known grave . Renowned Scottish sculptor Sir William Reid Dick ( 1879 – 1961 ) sculpted the globe with stars on top of the Arras Flying Services Memorial , as well as the badges on the monument . The globe measures four - foot six inches in diameter , weighing almost three tons . At the 1932 unveiling ceremony , it was revealed that the position of the globe on the obelisk parallels that of the Earth on the morning of the Armistice , 11 November 1918 . The badges created by the Scottish sculptor are of the Royal Naval Air Service , the Royal Flying Corps , and the Royal Air Force , as well as the combined badges of Canada , Australia , New Zealand , and South Africa . Unveiling ceremony . Hugh Montague Trenchard , Marshal of the Royal Air Force , performed the unveiling of the Arras Flying Services Memorial and the Arras Memorial on 31 July 1932 . The unveiling had initially been scheduled for 15 May 1932 ; however , due to the assassination of French President Paul Doumer in early May , the ceremony had been postponed . During the first ceremony of the day , Lord Trenchard , accompanied by Lady Trenchard and their eleven - year - old son Hugh Trenchard , was received by the mayor and town council and placed a wreath on the local war memorial . The second ceremony took place in the apse of the cloister of the Arras Memorial , close to the obelisk . Royal Air Force bands played " O God , Our Help in Ages Past " . After prayers led by the chaplain , Major General Sir Fabian Ware , founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission , addressed Lord Trenchard and invited him to unveil the memorial . Trenchard gave a speech , and then proceeded with the unveiling . The chaplain dedicated the memorials and a hymn was sung . Five aeroplanes flew in a wide arc around the cemetery , and then in V formation shot over the monuments . After the benediction and prayers by Monseigneur Henri - Édouard Dutoit , Bishop of Arras , buglers of the 1st Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry sounded " Last Post " . Subsequently , pipers of the 1st Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders played " The Flowers of the Forest " , followed by the buglers again with " Reveille " . After the national anthems of France and Britain , there was a procession of those bearing floral tributes , and the ceremony concluded . Notable airmen commemorated on the Memorial . Flying aces credited with twenty or more aerial victories who are represented on the Flying Services Memorial include : Other notable airmen on the Memorial . Flying aces credited with ten to nineteen aerial victories who are represented on the Flying Services Memorial include :