battle of loos 2015 commemorations

Loos
Commemorations of the Centenary of the Battle of Loos
Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September 2o15
Vendin Le Vieil (East of Loos-en-Gohelle)
contact M Duriez lecarnetvert@gmail.com
Re-enactment. The centre of town will be decked out as a WW1 village (Coffee, soldiers etc)

Friday 18th September 2015
Conference on the Battle of Loos – Salle d’Honneur de la Mairie (free access)
Talks about Traces of the Great War by Gilles Payen and Simon Godly

Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th September 2015
Airshow - http://www.meeting-air-lens.com/ by “Passion of the skies” of department NordPas de Calais

Friday 25th September 2015
At 20.00 hrs - Foyer Omer Caron, Loos (Free, but you have to reserve a ticket)
Theatre show, inspired by the story of Rudyard Kipling who lost his son John in the Battle of
Loos 27-09-1915

Saturday 26th September 2015

Commemoration with the London Irish Rifles
Starts at 10.00 with rendez-vous at (assemble at) Loos British Cemetery (rue Salengro)
Followed by a walk to Peace Square
Unveiling of monument to the LIR at Square de la Paix (“Peace square”) at 11.45
Speech by General Purdon
Speech by the Mayor of Loos
Unveiling of monument to Emilienne Moreau at 13:00
https://en.wikipedia...e_Moreau-Evrard
Speech by the Mayor
16:00 and 18:00 Theatre show at the municipal Médiathèque of Loos
By schoolchildren from Loos. Free, but obligatory reservation.

Sunday 27th September 2015
Walk from Dupuich Farm at Mazingarbe to Loos, via Dud Corner
09:30 Opportunity to see the graffitti left by British soldiers at Dupuich Farm before the
battle.
22nd London (47 division)

7 th King's Own Scottish Borderers (15 division)

10:30 Start of walk to Loos, via Dud Corner
Contact: M. Lorin service culturel de Mazingarbe 0321692090

AUCHY LES MINES
7-14 October 2015 – Community Hall
Exhibition “Auchy Les Mines remembers”
Open 9.00-12.00 and 14.00-18.00
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Daily life of soldiers and their families
Testimonials and memories / souvenirs

9th-10th October 2015 – Sports centre Paul Barrois
Exhibition “The Battle of Hohenzollern Redoubt”

Saturday 10th October 2015 – 14:00hrs Commemoration
Monument to the 46th division at Auchy les Mines
“The procession will pass by the memorial on Place Jean
Jaurès then will head to the Memorial in honor of the
9th Scottish Division and 46th North Midland Division.
The ceremony will end at the Sports Centre Paul Barrois
with a speech followed by hymns sung in French and
English by the children. The Glass of Friendship [=
drinks] will close the ceremony.

On 27th September 2015 the brother of the Queen of England was killed at the Battle of Loos.
He is buried at Quarry Cemetery”