On the west side of the road.

A 10-foot bronze statue of a helmeted soldier carrying his fallen comrade across his shoulders stands in tribute to the soldiers of the 167th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Rainbow Division, who gave their lives in the fierce bayonet charge that seized the heavily fortified Croix Rouge Farm on July 26, 1918. The statue rests on a stone pedestal bearing two square plaques inscribed in both English and French. One plaque honors Sgt. William Johnson Frazer, who was wounded on this battlefield, while the other one commemorates the creation of the statue itself. Created by British sculptor James Butler, the memorial was erected by the Croix Rouge Farm Memorial Foundation, gifted to the city of Fère-en-Tardenois, and formally dedicated on November 12, 2011.

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On the south face of the base text: 

RAINBOW DIVISION

On the west face of the base text: 

July 26 1918

On the north face of the base text: 

167 Alabama

Infantry Regiment

On the east face of the base text:

Croix Rouge Farm

 On the north face plaque text:

 In Filial Piety, Nimrod Thompson Frazer erected this

monument in the name of his father Sgt. William Johnson

Frazer of Greenville, Alabama, a Member of the D Company

Assault Force.

He was wounded here and received a Purple Heart. 

He never forgot his fellow soldiers who lost their life on

French battlefields.

On the east face plaque text: (left column)

James Butler, R.A., MBE.

25 July 1931 26 March 2022

Knight in the French Order of Arts and Letters 

James Butler was a famous British figurative sculptor, at the time of his death the longest serving member of the Royal Academy. His works include large-scale bronze statues of famous historical figures like Queen Elizabeth or former Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta, as well as several memorials commemorating WWI and WWII in England, France and the United States. James Butler is also well known for his smaller bronzes depicting dancers and nudes. 

The Rainbow Soldier, a memorial to the U.S. 42nd Division in WWI (Rainbow), was inaugurated on the site of the battle of Croix Rouge Farm, at Fère-en-Tardenois on November 12, 2011.

James Butler considered the Rainbow Soldier his most powerful and spiritual work, stating:

«It was a chance to make a large statue of one of the most heroic deeds one can think of: the rescue of a soldier from the battlefield. I am personally not a religious person but this whole project had a very powerful spiritual effect on me. There were periods in the modelling of the figure when ther form was being made by stronger and more powerful creative force than my own. I almost watched my hands model part of the figure of the soldier.»

Right column:

James Butler, R.A., MBE.

25 Juillet 1931 26 Mars 2022

Chevalier de lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres

James Butler était un célèbre sculpteur figuratif britannique et au moment de sa mort, le plus ancien membre de la Royal Academy. Ses uvres comprennent non seulement de grandes statues en bronze représentant des personnages historiques célèbres comme la Reine Elizabeth ou lancien Président kenyan Jomo Kenyatta, mais aussi plusieurs mémoriaux commémorant les deux conflits mondiaux en Angleterre, en France et aux États-Unis. James Butler est également bien connu pour ses petits bronzes représentant des danseuses et des nus.

Le «Rainbow Soldier» est un mémorial au service de la 42éme division américaine (Rainbow) pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Il a été inauguré sur le site de la bataille de la Ferme de la Croix Rouge, à Fère-en-Tardenois, le 12 novembre 2011.

James Butler considérait le «Rainbow Soldier» comme son uvre la plus puissante et la plus spirituelle, déclarant :

«Cétait loccasion de faire une grande statue de lun des actes les plus héroïques qui soit : le sauvetage dun soldat sur le champ de bataille. Je ne suis personnellement pas une personne religieuse mais tout ce projet a eu un effet spirituel très puissant sur moi. Il y avait des périodes pendant le modelage de la statue où la formé était faite par une force créatrice plus forte et plus puissante que la mienne. Jai presque regardé mes mains modeler une partie du soldat.»