Chateau-Thierry (Les Chesneaux) French National Cemetery

• Country France
• Total identified casualties 7 Find these casualties
• Region Aisne
• Identified casualties from First World War
• GPS Coordinates Latitude: 49.05052, Longitude: 3.40016

Location information

Chateau-Thierry is a town 40 kilometres south of Soissons. The cemetery is located on the right hand side of the N37 on entering the town from Soissons (named on sign "Cimetiere Militaire de Chateau-Thierry).

History information

Chateau-Thierry French National Cemetery contains the graves of more than 2,000 French soldiers and among them are those of nine Commonwealth servicemen (including two unidentified), who died in September 1914 and May 1918, and one British Red Cross man attached to the French Army. Three of these graves were brought in after the Armistice, two from Belleau French Military Cemetery, and one is represented by a special memorial.