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La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France
La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France
La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial to the Missing The La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial commemorates 3,740 officers and men of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) who fell at the battles of Mons, Le Cateau, the Marne and the Aisne between the end of August and early October 1914 and have no known graves. The monument is constructed of white Massangis stone and surmounted by a sarcophagus onto which military trophies are laid. At the four corners of the pavement on which the monument stands are stone columns supporting urns which bear the coats of arms of the four constituent nations of the United Kingdom. The memorial was designed by George H. Goldsmith, a decorated veteran of the Western Front
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Died 1914
British Army 67629 Gunner Royal Field Artillery
British Army 67629 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 56th Battery
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Born 1883
Died 1914
British Army Captain South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion
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Died 1914
British Army 5798 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st Battalion
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Born 1878
Died 1914
British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Battalion
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Born 1891
Died 1914
British Army 8093 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion
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Born 1888
Died 1914
British Army 180 Private Royal Highlanders
British Army 180 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Battalion
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Born 1873
Died 1914
British Army Major Lord Royal Highlanders 1st Battalion
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Died 1914
British Army 13564 Private Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion
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Born 1883
Died 1914
British Army 7243 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion
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Died 1914
British Army 9055 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
British Army 9055 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st Battalion
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Born 1896
Died 1914
British Army 6987 Private Royal Army Medical Corps
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Born 1885
Died 1914
British Army 9668 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion
British Army 9668 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
British Army 9668 Private South Wales Borderers Depot Battalion
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More about George Henry Goldsmith -
Born 1892
Died 1914
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Highlanders 1st Battalion
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Born 1885
Died 1914
British Army L/6701 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion
British Army L/6701 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion
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Died 1914
British Army 10753 Private The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
British Army 10753 Private The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st Battalion
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Born 1888
Died 1914
British Army 873 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Battalion
More about Harold Percy Dixon