Le Touret Memorial

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The Le Touret Memorial is a World War I memorial, located near the former commune of Richebourg-l'Avoué, in the Pas-de-Calais region of France. The memorial lists 13,389 names of British and Commonwealth soldiers with no known grave who were killed in the area prior to the start of the Battle of Loos on 25 September 1915. The exceptions are Canadian soldiers, whose names are commemorated at the Vimy Memorial, and Indian Army soldiers, whose names appear on the Neuve-Chapelle Memorial. Those commemorated on this memorial include the Victoria Cross recipients Abraham Acton, William Anderson, Jacob Rivers, and Edward Barber. Also commemorated here are Clive and Arnold Baxter, brothers who were killed on the same day, 25 January 1915, in the Brickstacks area of Cuinchy. ()

Local name: Touret Memorial Unveiled: 22 March 1930Coordinates: 50°33'36"N, 2°43'22"E

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Hauts-de-FranceFrance

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Nearby attractions include: Portuguese Military Cemetery, Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial, Vermelles British Cemetery, Béthune.

2.5 miE
Cemetery
Portuguese Military Cemetery, Lorgies
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Memorial
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5.2 miS
Cemetery
Vermelles British Cemetery
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4.2 miSW
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Canal
Canal de Beuvry
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Memorial
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Memorial
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Memorial
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Locality
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