Gorre British and Indian Cemetery
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| Gorre British and Indian Cemetery | |
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| Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
 Gorre Cemetery | |
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| Used for those deceased 1914-1918 | |
| Established | Autumn 1914 |
| Location | 50°32′23″N 2°41′59″E / 50.53975°N 2.69974°E |
| Designed by | Charles Holden |
| Total burials | 942 |
| Burials by nation | |
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 United Kingdom: 815
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Gorre British and Indian Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission military cemetery containing Commonwealth burials from the First World War, located in the French department of Pas-de-Calais.
The cemetery is located 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north of Beuvry and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Béthune.
During the First World War, the chateau at Gorre was used as a camp for British and Indian soldiers, who turned a small part of the chateau grounds into a makeshift cemetery.[1]
The Indian section of Gorre Cemetery was closed in October 1915 as the Indian divisions were redeployed to the Middle East.[2]
Many British casualties were added to the cemetery after the Battle of Estaires, part of the German Spring Offensive of 1918.[3]