La Ferté sous Jouarre Memorial to the Missing
Located close to the South bank of the Marne, this memorial lists 3,888 men of the BEF who were missing in action during the retreat from Mons and subsequent actions up to the Aisne.
Many
thousands of retreating German troops crossed the Marne at La Ferté between
7th and 9th September 1914,
and they left a strongly defended bridgehead. The bridge was destroyed to
stem the advance of the BEF. A new one was built on the same spot, after
the war.
Next
to the modern road bridge are two identical memorials, one on each
bank
of the river. They
remind us of the feats of the Royal Engineers of 4th Division who constructed
a floating bridge here on 9th September, whilst under fire.
