List of war cemeteries in the Picardy region

This list includes the war cemeteries in the former Picardy region in France , which are dedicated to at least 100 war victims and which are managed by the Volksbund Deutscher Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V. , the French Ministry of Defense , the British Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the American Battle Monuments Commission . The following war cemeteries are dedicated to the victims of the First World War and the Second World War and are sorted according to their location. Furthermore, the GPS position, the number and nationality of the war victims, the structure of the tomb and a photographic image of the war cemetery are given for almost all war cemeteries.

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

designation	Locality	description	photo
Nécropole nationale du Bois-Roger à Ambleny France First World War	Ambleny 49 ° 23 '40 "N, 3 ° 11' 36" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 8,268 French Structure of the grave complex: individual graves List of names of those buried here
German War Cemetery Andechy Germany First World War	Andechy 49 ° 42 ′ 55 "N, 2 ° 42 ′ 5" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 2,251 Germans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves Battle: German spring offensive March – July 1918
Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No.2 United Kingdom First World War	Auchonvillers 50 ° 4 ′ 41 ″ N, 2 ° 38 ′ 53 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 529 (496 British, 25 New Zealanders and 8 Canadians)? Structure of the grave complex: individual graves

B.

designation	Locality	description	photo
Nécropole nationale de Marissel à Beauvais France First World War	Beauvais 49 ° 26 '29 "N, 2 ° 5' 29" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 581 French Structure of the grave complex: individual graves
German War Cemetery Beauvais Germany Second World War	Beauvais 49 ° 26 '59 "N, 2 ° 3' 54" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 1,597 Germans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves
Aisne-Marne American Cemetery United States First World War	Belleau 49 ° 4 ′ 46 "N, 3 ° 17 ′ 29" E	Number of Fallen and their Nationality: 2,288 Americans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves Battle: Battle of Belleau Forest in June 1918, Battle of Château-Thierry in July 1918
Somme American Cemetery United States First World War	Bony 49 ° 59 ′ 9 ″ N, 3 ° 12 ′ 51 ″ E	Number of Fallen and their Nationality: 1,844 Americans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves Battle: Third Battle of the Aisne May – June 1918
German War Cemetery Belleau Germany First World War	Belleau 49 ° 4 ′ 42 "N, 3 ° 17 ′ 30" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 8,630 Germans Construction of the grave complex: individual graves and 2 communal graves
Nécropole nationale de Berry-au-Bac France First World War	Berry-au-Bac 49 ° 26 ′ 34 "N, 3 ° 40 ′ 0" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 4,001 (3,972 French and 29 British) Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 1 communal grave Battle: Third Battle of the Aisne May – June 1918
German war cemetery Béthencourt-sur-Somme Germany First World War	Béthencourt-sur-Somme 49 ° 14 ′ 51 "N, 2 ° 57 ′ 43" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 1,242 Germans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves
German War Cemetery Bourdon Germany Second World War	Bourdon 49 ° 59 ′ 14 "N, 2 ° 5 ′ 0" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 22,216 Germans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves
Nécropole nationale de Braine France First World War	Braine 49 ° 20 ′ 3 ″ N, 3 ° 31 ′ 51 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 1,583 French Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 1 communal grave Directory of 1113 dead known by name
German war cemetery Bray-sur-Somme Germany First World War	Bray-sur-Somme 49 ° 56 ′ 27 "N, 2 ° 42 ′ 47" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 1,119 Germans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves

C.

designation	Locality	description	photo
Nécropole nationale de Cerny-en-Laonnois France First World War	Cerny-en-Laonnois 49 ° 26 ′ 34 "N, 3 ° 40 ′ 0" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 5,204 (5,150 French and 54 Russians) Structure of the grave complex: individual graves with a stone cross or a stone stele each Directory of the French fallen
German War Cemetery Cerny-en-Laonnois Germany First World War	Cerny-en-Laonnois 49 ° 26 ′ 34 "N, 3 ° 40 ′ 0" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 7,526 Germans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves with a stone cross or a stone stele each
Nécropole nationale de Champs France First World War	Champs 49 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ N, 3 ° 14 ′ 54 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 2,932 French Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 1 communal grave Name register of French fallen in 1921
German War Cemetery Champs Germany First World War	Champs 49 ° 4 ′ 42 ″ N, 3 ° 17 ′ 30 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 2,567 Germans? Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 1 communal grave
Nécropole nationale des Chesneaux à Château-Thierry France First World War	Château-Thierry 49 ° 3 ′ 3 ″ N, 3 ° 24 ′ 3 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 2,115 French Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 1 communal grave Directory of 1412 dead known by name
Nécropole nationale de Chauny / Deutsche Kriegsgräberstätte Chauny / Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension France Germany United Kingdom First World War	Chauny 49 ° 37 ′ 16 ″ N, 3 ° 13 ′ 15 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 3,150 (1,703 Germans, 982 British and 465 French) Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 1 communal grave Directory of 356 dead known by name
Nécropole nationale de Craonnelle France First World War	Craonelle 49 ° 25 ′ 54 ″ N, 3 ° 46 ′ 22 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 3,934 (3,908 French, 24 British and 2 Belgians) Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 1 communal grave Battle: Third Battle of the Aisne May – June 1918 Names of 2071 fallen (1914–1918)
Nécropole nationale de Crécy-au-Mont / German war cemetery Crécy-au-Mont France Germany First World War	Crécy-au-Mont 49 ° 29 ′ 19 ″ N, 3 ° 18 ′ 38 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 3,268 (1,403 French and 1,865 German) Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 1 communal grave Directory of the French Fallen (1914-1918)
Nécropole nationale de Crouy France First World War	Crouy 49 ° 24 ′ 6 "N, 3 ° 14 ′ 54" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 2,265 French Structure of the grave complex: individual graves Names of the 1466 known fallen (1914–1918)

F.

designation	Locality	description	photo
German military cemetery Fort de Malmaison Germany Second World War	Fort-de-Malmaison 49 ° 27 ′ 33 "N, 3 ° 31 ′ 27" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 11,841 Germans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 1 communal grave Battle: Western campaign May – June 1940
German War Cemetery Fourdrain Germany First World War	Fourdrain 49 ° 36 ′ 34 ″ N, 3 ° 28 ′ 7 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 1,908 (1,907 Germans and 1 Austrian / Hungarian) Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 1 communal grave
German War Cemetery Fricourt Germany First World War	Fricourt 50 ° 0 ′ 15 ″ N, 2 ° 42 ′ 54 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 17,031 Germans Construction of the grave complex: individual graves and 4 communal graves

G

designation	Locality	description	photo
Nécropole nationale de Flavigny-le-Petit à Guise / German war cemetery Flavigny-le-Petit France Germany First World War	Guise 49 ° 52 ′ 34 "N, 3 ° 37 ′ 42" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 5,017 (2,632 French, 2,336 German, 48 British and 1 Austrian / Hungarian) Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 1 communal grave Names of French fallen in 1628

H

designation	Locality	description	photo
German War Cemetery Hirson Germany First World War	Hirson 49 ° 33 ′ 58 "N, 3 ° 35 ′ 51" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 1,749 (1,301 Germans, 289 Romanians and 159 Russians) Construction of the grave complex: individual graves and 2 communal graves

L.

designation	Locality	description	photo
German War Cemetery Laon Bousson Germany First World War	Laon 49 ° 33 ′ 7 ″ N, 3 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 2,653 Germans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves
German war cemetery Laon- "Champ de Maneuver" Germany First World War	Laon 49 ° 33 ′ 32 "N, 3 ° 35 ′ 5" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 3,487 Germans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 1 communal grave List of names of 3245 buried here
Nécropole nationale du Sourd à Lemé / German war cemetery Le Sourd France Germany First / Second World War	Lemé 49 ° 51 ′ 19 ″ N, 3 ° 44 ′ 2 ″ E	Number of fallen soldiers and their nationality: 2,060 (1,333 French, 699 German, 25 Russian, 2 Italian and 1 Romanian) (First World War), 5 French (Second World War) Structure of the grave complex: individual graves Names of 2088 French Fallen (1914-1918)
Nécropole nationale de Loupeigne France First World War	Loupeigne 49 ° 14 ′ 41 ″ N, 3 ° 32 ′ 37 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 476 French Structure of the grave complex: individual graves Directory of names

M.

designation	Locality	description	photo
German War Cemetery Maissemy Germany First World War	Maissemy 49 ° 54 ′ 32 ″ N, 3 ° 11 ′ 20 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 30,481 Germans Construction of the grave complex: individual graves and 2 communal graves
Vadencourt British Cemetery United Kingdom World War One	Maissemy 49 ° 54 ′ 2 "N, 3 ° 10 ′ 37" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 760 (735 British, 7 Canadians, 11 Australians and 7 Indians) Structure of the grave complex: individual graves
German war cemetery Mons-en-Laonnois Germany First World War	Mons-en-Laonnois 49 ° 32'0 "N, 3 ° 33'16" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 5,003 Germans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves
German war cemetery Montaigu 1 Germany First World War	Montaigu 49 ° 32 ′ 2 ″ N, 3 ° 48 ′ 45 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 7,192 Germans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves List of names of the dead known by name (1914–1918)
German war cemetery Montaigu 2 Germany First World War	Montaigu 49 ° 32 ′ 27 ″ N, 3 ° 49 ′ 28 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 632 Germans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves

N

designation	Locality	description	photo
Nécropole nationale de Neuilly-Saint-Front France First / Second World War	Neuilly-Saint-Front 49 ° 9 ′ 43 "N, 3 ° 14 ′ 25" E	Number of fallen and their nationality: 2,039 / 10 French (First / Second World War) Structure of the grave complex: individual graves List of the dead known by name

O

designation	Locality	description	photo
Nécropole nationale d'Œuilly France First World War	Œully 49 ° 23 ′ 37 ″ N, 3 ° 40 ′ 36 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 1,159 French Structure of the grave complex: individual graves Directory of 1131 dead known by name
German war cemetery Origny-Sainte-Benoite Germany First World War	Origny-Sainte-Benoite 49 ° 49 ′ 59 "N, 3 ° 30 ′ 8" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 3,942 Germans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 1 communal grave

P

designation	Locality	description	photo
German War Cemetery Parcy-et-Tigny Germany First World War	Parcy 49 ° 15 ′ 52 "N, 3 ° 20 ′ 56" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 4,256 Germans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves
Nécropole nationale de Pontavert France First World War	Pontavert 49 ° 24 ′ 15 ″ N, 3 ° 48 ′ 36 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 6,815 ?? Structure of the grave complex: individual graves List of names of known fallen soldiers (1914–1918)

S.

designation	Locality	description	photo
Nécropole nationale de Saint-Quentin France First World War	Saint-Quentin 49 ° 51 ′ 16 "N, 3 ° 15 ′ 46" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 5,273 (4,784 French and 119 allies)? Structure of the grave complex: individual graves List of the dead known by name
German war cemetery Saint-Quentin Germany First World War	Saint-Quentin 49 ° 50 ′ 52 "N, 3 ° 15 ′ 40" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 8,229 Germans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 1 communal grave
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery United States First World War	Seringes-et-Nesles 49 ° 12 ′ 8 "N, 3 ° 32 ′ 54" E	Number of Fallen and their Nationality: 6,012 Americans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves
German War Cemetery Sissonne Germany First World War	Sissonne 49 ° 34 ′ 56 ″ N, 3 ° 55 ′ 15 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 14,694 Germans Construction of the grave complex: individual graves and 2 communal graves Directory of 11,115 dead known by name
Nécropole nationale de Soupir No. 1 France First / Second World War	Soupir 49 ° 24 ′ 25 ″ N, 3 ° 35 ′ 50 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 7,808 / 545 French (First / Second World War) ?? Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 7 communal graves List of names of the known fallen
Nécropole nationale de Soupir No. 2 France First World War	Soupir 49 ° 24 ′ 25 ″ N, 3 ° 35 ′ 50 ″ E	Number of fallen and their nationality: 2,829 French ?? Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 1 communal grave List of names of the known fallen
Cimitero Militare Italiano Soupir Italy First World War	Soupir 49 ° 24 ′ 8 ″ N, 3 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 593 Italians Structure of the grave complex: individual graves
German war cemetery Soupir Germany First World War	Soupir 49 ° 24 ′ 7 ″ N, 3 ° 35 ′ 1 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 11,089 Germans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 1 communal grave

V

designation	Locality	description	photo
Nécropole nationale de Vailly-sur-Aisne First / Second World War	Vailly-sur-Aisne 49 ° 24 ′ 32 "N, 3 ° 30 ′ 36" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 1,559 / 17 French (First / Second World War) Structure of the grave complex: individual graves List of names of the fallen
Vailly British Cemetery First World War	Vailly-sur-Aisne 49 ° 24 ′ 32 "N, 3 ° 30 ′ 33" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 677 (674 British, 1 Canadian, 1 German and 1 French) Structure of the grave complex: individual graves Battle: First Battle of the Aisne in September 1914
Nécropole nationale de Vauxaillon First / Second World War	Vauxaillon 49 ° 28 ′ 15 "N, 3 ° 24 ′ 43" E	Number of fallen and their nationality: 2,078 / 169 French (First / Second World War) Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 1 communal grave Directory of 1,480 dead
Nécropole nationale de Vauxbuin / German war cemetery Vauxbuin First World War	Vauxbuin 49 ° 21 ′ 32 "N, 3 ° 17 ′ 42" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 14,400 (4,898 French, 9,229 German and 273 British) Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and community graves List of names
German war cemetery Veslud First World War	Veslud 49 ° 31 ′ 58 ″ N, 3 ° 44 ′ 3 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 1,704 Germans Structure of the grave complex: individual graves List of names of those buried here (1914–1918)
Nécropole nationale de Vic-sur-Aisne First World War	Vic-sur-Aisne 49 ° 24 ′ 3 "N, 3 ° 6 ′ 32" E	Number of dead and their nationality: 3,050 French Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 1 communal grave Directory of those buried here
Nécropole nationale de Villers-Cotterêts First World War	Villers-Cotterêts 49 ° 15 ′ 43 ″ N, 3 ° 5 ′ 9 ″ E	Number of dead and their nationality: 3,411 French Structure of the grave complex: individual graves and 1 communal grave Directory of 2,653 French fallen (1914–1918)

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