CARREFOUR DUCHESNE FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
(La Nécropole Nationale du Carrefour Duchesne à Orbey)
Haut-Rhin
France
GPS Coordinates: 48°08'55.7"N 7°06'26.5"E
Image © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
Carrefour Duchesne French National Cemetery is located on an unnamed road to the South of Le Bonhomme in the Haut-Rhin region of France. The cemetery is situated in a wood and there is no access by car with authorisation. Please see Google map below for the exact cemetery location.
Historical Information
Located in the middle of the forest, the national necropolis of Carrefour Duchesne brings together the remains of soldiers who died for France during the fighting in Haute-Alsace, in the Lingekopf and Tête des Faux sectors in 1914-1918. It takes its name from the battalion chief, Henri Duchesne, commander of the 215th infantry regiment (RI), killed on December 2, 1914 during the assault on the Tête des Faux. His body rests today in the military square of Plainfaing (Vosges). Accessible only on foot from the Col du Calvaire, located south of the Col du Bonhomme, this site brings together 408 French people, including 116 in ossuary. Created in 1914-1918, it was set up in 1924 to bring together the bodies exhumed from the cemeteries of Stosswihr, Soultzeren, Orbey and Col du Bonhomme. In the cemetery there is a chapel built during the hostilities and a monument dedicated to the hunters of the 14th battalion of Alpine hunters (BCA) who fell in June 1915 as well as to Commander Duchesne.
Among the French soldiers, lies the remains of Commander Charles Golaz, battalion commander in the 359th RI (grave 232). Born in 1863 in Switzerland, he is the only officer to be buried at Carrefour Duchesne.
Total World War One Burials: 498 including 116 in a mass grave.
Carrefour Duchesne French National Cemetery is located on an unnamed road to the South of Le Bonhomme in the Haut-Rhin region of France. The cemetery is situated in a wood and there is no access by car with authorisation. Please see Google map below for the exact cemetery location.
Historical Information
Located in the middle of the forest, the national necropolis of Carrefour Duchesne brings together the remains of soldiers who died for France during the fighting in Haute-Alsace, in the Lingekopf and Tête des Faux sectors in 1914-1918. It takes its name from the battalion chief, Henri Duchesne, commander of the 215th infantry regiment (RI), killed on December 2, 1914 during the assault on the Tête des Faux. His body rests today in the military square of Plainfaing (Vosges). Accessible only on foot from the Col du Calvaire, located south of the Col du Bonhomme, this site brings together 408 French people, including 116 in ossuary. Created in 1914-1918, it was set up in 1924 to bring together the bodies exhumed from the cemeteries of Stosswihr, Soultzeren, Orbey and Col du Bonhomme. In the cemetery there is a chapel built during the hostilities and a monument dedicated to the hunters of the 14th battalion of Alpine hunters (BCA) who fell in June 1915 as well as to Commander Duchesne.
Among the French soldiers, lies the remains of Commander Charles Golaz, battalion commander in the 359th RI (grave 232). Born in 1863 in Switzerland, he is the only officer to be buried at Carrefour Duchesne.
Total World War One Burials: 498 including 116 in a mass grave.
