Loos British Cemetery WW1, Loos-en-Gohelle

Name: Loos British Cemetery WW1
Address: Rue Roger Salengro, Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Telephone: +33 6 51 40 71 94

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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. ()

Unveiled: 1930Coordinates: 50°27'6"N, 2°47'55"E

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Rue Roger SalengroLoos-en-Gohelle France

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+33 6 51 40 71 94

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Loos British Cemetery WW1 – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Louvre-Lens, Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Loos Memorial, Vermelles British Cemetery.

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Memorial
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