ABLAIN ST. NAZAIRE FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
(Notre Dame de Lorette)
Pas De Calais
France
Historical Information
Ablain St-Nazaire French Military Cemetery “Notre Dame de Lorette”, France is the largest French military cemetery in the world.
A total of 40,057 casualties are buried here. Almost all of the remains are casualties of the First World War. Burials also include 6 French graves from the Second World War, an unknown soldier of the French-Indochina conflict of 1945-1954 and an unknown soldier of the French-North African conflict of 1952-1962. There are burials of the remains of 64 Russians, 1 Belgian and 1 Romanian.
Ossuary Tower & Basilica:1921-8 by Louis-Marie & his son Louis-Stanislas Cordonnier. The Ossuary tower's shape & style relate to a feature of medieval cemeteries, namely the ‘Lanterne des Morts’
The cement crosses date from 1933 onwards.
Pictures in gallery below © Jean-Claude Graux
Ablain St-Nazaire French Military Cemetery “Notre Dame de Lorette”, France is the largest French military cemetery in the world.
A total of 40,057 casualties are buried here. Almost all of the remains are casualties of the First World War. Burials also include 6 French graves from the Second World War, an unknown soldier of the French-Indochina conflict of 1945-1954 and an unknown soldier of the French-North African conflict of 1952-1962. There are burials of the remains of 64 Russians, 1 Belgian and 1 Romanian.
Ossuary Tower & Basilica:1921-8 by Louis-Marie & his son Louis-Stanislas Cordonnier. The Ossuary tower's shape & style relate to a feature of medieval cemeteries, namely the ‘Lanterne des Morts’
The cement crosses date from 1933 onwards.
Pictures in gallery below © Jean-Claude Graux
Pictures in gallery below © Nicholas Philpot unless stated otherwise
