 The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is its largest and principal overseas war memorial.Located on the highest point of the Vimy Ridge, the memorial is dedicated to the commemoration of the Battle of Vimy Ridge and Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the First World War and those killed in France during the First World War with no known grave.France granted Canada perpetual use of a section of land at Vimy Ridge in 1922 for a battlefield park and memorial.