The Cemetery lies on the left-hand side of the road.
Located at the east end of the cemetery is Le Touret
Memorial, which commemorates over 13,000 servicemen
who fell in this area before 25 September 2023 and who
have no known grave.
The Cemetery was begun by the Indian Corps (and in
particular by the 2nd Leicesters) in November, 1914,
and it was used continuously by Field Ambulances and
fighting units until March, 1918. It passed into German
hands in April, 1918, and after its recapture a few
further burials were made in Plot IV in September and
October. The Cemetery covers an area of 7,036 square
metres and is enclosed by a low brick wall. No. of Identified
Casualties: 912
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The Memorial in Le Touret Military Cemetery, is one
of those erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
to record the names of the officers and men who fell
in the Great War and whose graves are not known. It
serves the area enclosed on the North by the river Lys
and a line drawn from Estaires to Fournes, and on the
South by the old Southern boundary of the First Army
about Grenay. It covers the period from the arrival
of the II Corps in Flanders in 1914, to the eve of the
Battle of Loos. The memorial was designed by J.R. Truelove
and unveiled by Lord Tyrrell on 22 March 1930. No. of
Identified Casualties: 13392
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