Loos Memorial

About

The Loos Memorial is a World War I memorial forming the side 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 unknown grave who were killed in the area during and after the Battle of Loos, which began 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. 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 outside 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 asmorates: Three posthumous Victoria Cross recipients are named on this memorial under their respective regulations:

Lieutenant-Colonel Angus Douglas-Hamilton Private George Peachment Second Lieutenant Frank Wearne