Loos Memorial

Loos-en-Gohelle, France

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The Loos Memorial, designed by Sir Herbert Baker with sculptures by Sir Charles Wheeler, forms the sides and rear of Dud Corner Cemetery near Loos-en-Gohelle in the Pas-de-Calais département of France. Unveiled on 4 August 1930 by General Sir Nevil Macready, this Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial commemorates 20,610 British and Commonwealth soldiers with no known grave who died in the area during and after the Battle of Loos, which began on 25 September 1915. The memorial covers the same sector of the front as the Le Touret Memorial, with each monument honoring the dead on either side of the battle's start date. Now designated a World Heritage Site, it stands as a major testament to the casualties of one of the First World War's most significant engagements.