The Battle of Arras began in a snowstorm on Easter Monday 9 April 1917 and lasted for 39 days. In the North the Canadians captured Vimy Ridge and in the centre the British advanced 5 kilometers on the first day, but in the Southern sector - especially around Bullecourt which the Australians were attacking - casualties were heavy for little territorial gain. As German reinforcements arrived the advance slowed and despite further attacks on 23 April and 3 May by the time the offensive ended at the end of May little further progress had been made. Commonwealth casualties amounted to 170,000 dead, wounded or missing.
- Adamson, Duncan Francis Charles
- Baker, Charles George
- Binns, Percy Vere MC
- Bruster, John
- Clayton, Albert Edward
- Dolby, William
- Dolphin Vernon Ommaney
- Dubois, Latimer Ridley
- Duncan, George Parker
- Dunningham, Thomas George
- Garland, John
- Gaskain, Cecil Stanley
- Gibbs, Cecil T
- Giles, Albert Arthur
- Goldstone, Mark
- Grigg, George Cecil
- Ground, Francis William
- Harlock, Edward Arthur William
- Harvard, Lionel de Jersey
- Hollis, Thomas Frederick
- Hurll, Henry
- Jones, Richard Basil Brandram VC
- Laird William J
- Lane, Richard James
- Lees, Thomas Sydney
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