Memorials To The Missing in France

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission was established by Royal Charter in 1917. Its duties are to mark and maintain the graves of the members of the forces of the Commonwealth who were killed in the two World Wars, to build memorials to those who have no known grave and to keep records and registers, including, after the Second World War, a record of the Civilian War Dead. 14 Memorials were built in France to commemorate those of the Great War who have no known grave, but on only 9 are officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment commemorated.

Le Touret Memorial Commemorates over 13,000 missing officers and soldiers of the British forces who fell in the fighting from October 1914 until 24th September 1915 - thereafter the missing in this area are commemorated on the Loos Memorial.

Loos Memorial Commemorates over 20,000 missing officers and soldiers of the British forces who fell in this area from the first day of the Battle of Loos on 25th September 1915 to the Armistice in November 1918.

Thiepval Memorial Commemorates more than 72,000 missing officers and soldiers of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died on the Somme battlefields before 20th March 1918 . Most were killed between July and November 1916.

Arras Memorial Commemorates almost 35,000 missing officers and soldiers from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand forces who died in the Arras sector between the Spring of 1916 and 7th August 1918.

Cambrai Memorial Commemorates more than 7,000 missing officers and soldiers of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Battle of Cambrai in November and December 1917.

Pozieres Memorial Commemorates over 14,000 missing officers and soldiers of the British and South African forces who died on the Somme battlefields between 21 March and 7 August 1918. Most are from March and April.

Vis-en-Artois Memorial Commemorates over 9,000 missing officers and soldiers of the United Kingdom and South African forces who fell in 1918 in the final allied advances in Picardy, on the Hindenburg Line, the River Selle and in the Artois region.

Soissons Memorial Commemorates almost 4,000 missing officers and soldiers of the British forces who died during the Battles of the Aisne and the Marne during May to August 1918.

Arras Flying Services Memorial Commemorates nearly 1,000 airmen of the Royal Naval Air Service, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force who were killed on the whole Western Front and who have no known grave.


Arras Memorial (8 officers)
Copyright and source - Commonwealth War Graves Commission	2Lt W T Burges, Lt J B Ireland 2Lt D N Leicester 2Lt A W Merrell 2Lt C A Olds Capt W W Parr 2Lt G F Shute Capt J H Wright

Arras Flying Services Memorial (4 officers)
Copyright and source - Commonwealth War Graves Commission	2Lt J H W Duggan Lt F L Kitchen 2Lt J G McBride 2Lt C I Phillips

Cambrai Memorial (2 officers)
Copyright and source - Commonwealth War Graves Commission	2Lt L H Banwell Lt A W Tratman

Le Touret Memorial (2 officers)
Copyright and source - Commonwealth War Graves Commission	Capt F J Brodigan 2Lt F H Lawrence

Loos Memorial (13 officers)
Copyright and source - Commonwealth War Graves Commission	2Lt F H Andrews Lt L C Brown Lt F A Carnegy Lt R M Hadingham Lt A H Ingram Lt W J Langford Major E D Le Mottee 2Lt A O Miles Capt E H Moss Capt H E Rudman Lt H R Russell Lt C A Symons Capt C F L Templer

Pozieres Memorial (12 officers)
Copyright and source - Commonwealth War Graves Commission	Capt M F Badcock Maj S H Baker 2Lt C A Burton 2Lt A B Calcutt Lt A W B Danne Capt C M F Dewdney 2Lt P V Grant 2Lt H B Harvey Capt G S D Hillier Lt N G Lake 2Lt R J C Nurse 2Lt V Walker
2Lt C Arnot (Tyne Cot Memorial) should be commemorated on this Memorial (Note 1)

Thiepval Memorial (56 officers)
Copyright and source - Commonwealth War Graves Commission	2Lt A Alcock 2Lt A C G Alford Lt A D Anderson 2Lt A L Apperly Lt C J Baghot-De La Bere 2Lt H G Baker 2Lt R Bennett 2Lt H C Bernard 2Lt A F D Brown 2Lt J F Brown Capt R K Byers Lt B Clark 2Lt S A H Codd 2Lt R E Colgate 2Lt W Collins Capt H Cox Capt E H Crooke 2Lt G C T Dillon 2Lt D G Durrant Capt G E Elliott 2Lt T D Fitzgerald Lt W Fream 2Lt G S Gadney 2Lt R W Gilbert Capt J K Gilmore 2Lt F Gleave Major C H Hewetson 2Lt E Huddy 2Lt D C James 2Lt S F James 2Lt G E Kirby Capt W J Mason Lt E M Matthews 2Lt A J Maybrey Lt L W Moore 2Lt E A Naish 2Lt H S Painter 2Lt N Pears Lt J Peate Lt S N Priestley 2Lt C V N Puckridge 2Lt N F K Richards 2Lt G E H Ross Lt R G Scrase 2Lt E C Stagg Capt F W C Stileman 2Lt H G Thomas 2Lt L N Thornton 2Lt B B Vincent 2Lt L C H Vincent Lt E B Walters Capt T S Warner Lt C W Winterbotham 2Lt D C Wood 2Lt W B Wood 2Lt W Yaneske

Soissons Memorial (2 officers)
Copyright and source - Commonwealth War Graves Commission	Capt H Dickinson 2Lt A A Whyatt

Vis-en-Artois Memorial (1 officer)
Copyright and source - Commonwealth War Graves Commission	Lt A Hackforth-Jones
Notes: 1. Although 2Lt Arnot (Tyne Cot Memorial) was killed in the Holnon Wood area on 22nd March 1918, CWGC have rejected my representations for him to be correctly commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial stating that " ...... CWGC acknowledges that some errors have been made with regard to the selection of location for commemoration for those with no known grave ....... However, it is not now appropriate to seek to correct such errors by moving casualties between Memorials, particularly when relatives have become familiar with the current place for commemoration".

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