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The stele erected by the Western Front Association is dedicated to British soldiers who joined terrible battles a few days before Armistice, and during which poet Wilfred Owen died on 4^th November 1918 on the canal of the Sambre-Oise rivers. Wilfred Owen, famous British poet, died on the battlefield a few days before Armistice. The house where he spent his last night, situated in the Bois L’Evèque forest, will become a site dedicated to his works and to peace, generally speaking. His tomb is situated in the British cemetery, in the communal cemetery of Ors.
"On 4^th November 1918, the British 32^nd Division crossed the Sambre-Oise canal here, at Ors, in the face of strong opposition. During the assault four VCs were won, among the casualties was the poet, Lieutenant Wilfred Owen MC 2^nd Battalion Manchester Regiment, who was killed on the towpath on this side of the canal about one kilometre to the north of the bridge." Inscription figurant sur la plaque du monument de la Western Front Association à Ors.