BEAUVAIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Oise
France
Location Information
Beauvais is the prefectoral town of the Department of Oise. The communal cemetery is called Cimetiere General and is located in the rue de Calais. The war graves will be found at the rear of the cemetery near the military plot.
Visiting Information
To gain access to the cemetery it is preferable to enter by the gate located in rue Diogene Maillard (this road is parallel to rue de Calais). The opening times of the cemetery are:
1 May - 30 September : 07.00 to 18.30
1 October - 30 April : 08.00 to 17.30
Access by car for disabled is possible during the week, Monday to Friday, from rue de Calais, and the opening times for this entrance are:
1 May - 30 September : 07.00 to 18.45
1 October - 30 April : 08.00 to 17.45
Historical Information
Beauvais was a French hospital centre during the war.
There are now nearly 10, 1914-18 and a small number of 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Thirteen other British officers and men from the 1914-18 War were buried in the Extension (now removed), and were reburied after the Armistice at Marissel.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels unless stated otherwise
Beauvais is the prefectoral town of the Department of Oise. The communal cemetery is called Cimetiere General and is located in the rue de Calais. The war graves will be found at the rear of the cemetery near the military plot.
Visiting Information
To gain access to the cemetery it is preferable to enter by the gate located in rue Diogene Maillard (this road is parallel to rue de Calais). The opening times of the cemetery are:
1 May - 30 September : 07.00 to 18.30
1 October - 30 April : 08.00 to 17.30
Access by car for disabled is possible during the week, Monday to Friday, from rue de Calais, and the opening times for this entrance are:
1 May - 30 September : 07.00 to 18.45
1 October - 30 April : 08.00 to 17.45
Historical Information
Beauvais was a French hospital centre during the war.
There are now nearly 10, 1914-18 and a small number of 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Thirteen other British officers and men from the 1914-18 War were buried in the Extension (now removed), and were reburied after the Armistice at Marissel.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels unless stated otherwise
