GORRE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY
Gorre
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Gorre is a hamlet 2.5 kilometres north of Beuvry, and 4 kilometres east of Bethune. Leave Beuvry on the D72, crossing the railway and then the Canal d'Aire on the way. The Cemetery is 150 metres from the church in Gorre, to the left of the D72 (Rue de Festubert).
The chateau at Gorre was occupied early in the war by troops from the United Kingdom and India and the cemeteries, in the south-east corner of the chateau grounds, were begun in the autumn of 1914. The Indian part of the cemetery was closed in October 1915, when the Indian Corps left France. The cemetery was used by units holding the sector until April 1918, when, in the Battles of the Lys, Gorre became a support post close behind the front line. The 55th (West Lancashire) Division, which held this front before and during the German attack, buried many of their dead in Plots V and VI. A few graves were brought into the cemetery later from near Gorre and from Mesplaux Farm, near Locon.
Victoria Cross: Private Walter Mills, VC, 1/10th Bn. Manchester Regiment, died from gas poisoning 11/12/1917, plot V. C. 2.
Shot at Dawn: Private T. Hopkins, 1/8th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers, executed for leaving his post 13/02/1918, plot V. D. 13.
Casualty Details: UK 830, Australia 1, South Africa 2, India 96, Germany 8, France 1, Total Burials: 938
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