Loos_Memorial

Loos Memorial

Loos Memorial

WWI CWGC memorial in Pas-de-Calais, France


The Loos Memorial is a World War I memorial forming the sides and rear of Dud Corner Cemetery, located near the commune of Loos-en-Gohelle, in the Pas-de-Calais département of France. The memorial lists 20,610 names of British and Commonwealth soldiers with no known grave who were killed in the area during and after the Battle of Loos, which started on 25 September 1915. This memorial covers the same sector of the front as the Le Touret Memorial, with each memorial commemorating the dead either side of the date of the start of the Battle of Loos.

Quick Facts Unveiled, Location ...

Designed by Sir Herbert Baker, the sculptures were by Sir Charles Wheeler. The memorial was unveiled on 4 August 1930 by General Sir Nevil Macready. Macready served as Adjutant-General of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from the outbreak of the war to February 1916, and then served as Adjutant-General to the Forces until a few months before the end of the war in November 1918.

Notable commemoratees

Three posthumous Victoria Cross recipients are commemorated on this memorial[2] under their respective regiments:

Loos Memorial March 2017.

Also commemorated on this memorial are:


References

  1. John Kipling, "Rudyard Kipling and the Battle of Loos" Archived 2012-08-02 at archive.today, Kipling Journal, December 1983, pp. 8–9
  2. List of Victoria Cross Holders on the Loos Memorial, France.
  3. CWGC Casualty Record, Walter Michael Dickson.
  4. CORBETT EDWARDS CWGC Casualty Record, Arthur Edwards.
  5. CWGC Casualty Record, Douglas Lambert.
  6. CWGC Casualty Record, The Hon Charles Thomas Mills.
  7. CWGC Casualty Record, Charles Hamilton Sorley.

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