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Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. The Le Touret Memorial commemorates over 13,400 British soldiers who were killed in this sector of the Western Front from the beginning of October 1914 to the eve of the Battle of Loos in late September 1915 and who have no known grave. The Memorial takes the form of a loggia surrounding an open rectangular court. The names of those commemorated are listed on panels set into the walls of the court and the gallery, arranged by regiment, rank and alphabetically by surname within the rank. Almost all of the men commemorated on the Memorial served with regular or territorial regiments from across the United Kingdom and were killed in actions that took place along a section of the front line that stretched from Estaires in the north to Grenay in the south. This part of the Western Front was the scene of some of the heaviest fighting of the first year of the war, including the battles of La Bassée (10 October – 2 November 1914), Neuve Chapelle (10 – 12 March 1915), Aubers Ridge (9 – 10 May 1915), and Festubert (15 – 25 May 1915). Soldiers serving with Indian and Canadian units who were killed in this sector in 1914 and ’15 whose remains were never identified are commemorated on the Neuve Chapelle and Vimy memorials, while those who fell during the northern pincer attack at the Battle of Aubers Ridge are commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.
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Born 1894
Died 1915
British Army 818 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders 6th Battalion
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Born 1882
Died 1915
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British Army 1069 Private London Regiment 3rd (City of London) Battalion
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Born 1889
Died 1914
British Army 8736 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 1st Battalion
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Born 1887
Died 1915
British Army S/9512 Private Gordon Highlanders 3rd Battalion
British Army S/9512 Private Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion
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Born 1891
Died 1914
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British Army Second Lieutenant General Reserve of Officers, Infantry
British Army Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment
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Born 1890
Died 1915
British Army 12728 Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion
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Born 1875
Died 1915
British Army R5752 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion
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Born 1872
Died 1914
British Army Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment Attached 2nd Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion
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Born 1877
Died 1914
British Army Captain Connaught Rangers 1st Battalion
British Army Captain Connaught Rangers
British Army 2nd Lieutenant Connaught Rangers 1st Battalion
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Born 1878
Died 1915
British Army 1941 Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion
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Born 1877
Died 1915
British Army 2925 Private Scots Guards
British Army 2925 Serjeant Scots Guards 2nd Battalion
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Born 1885
Died 1914
British Army 7013 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion
British Army 7013 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion
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Died 1915
British Army 7514 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers
British Army 7514 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Battalion
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Born 1892
Died 1915
British Army 7687 Private Scots Guards
British Army 7687 Corporal Scots Guards 2nd Battalion
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Born 1871
Died 1914
British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment
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Born 1875
Died 1915
British Army R/5827 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion
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