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CHAMBIÈRES FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY 
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Moselle

​France


GPS coordinates: Latitude: 49.13291, Longitude: 6.1944
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CHAMBIÈRES FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Picture © Johan Pauwels

​Location Information

Metz is located in the Department of the Moselle, in the north-east of France on the River Moselle. Chambières French National Cemetery is on the northern side of the city, some 3 kilometres from Metz Central Station. The 1914-18 war graves are located in a plot to the left of the chapel, whilst the 1939-45 war graves are in a line by the hedge to the right of the chapel.


Historical Information

During the winter of 1939-1940 British troops were in a sector of the Saar not far from Metz, engaged in patrol and raiding activities. The 51st (Highland) Division relieved the French 7th Division, in this area, in May 1940. Metz was liberated by American troops in November, 1944. 

There are now nearly 100, 1914-18 and over 30, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Special memorials are erected to six British soldiers and one airman from the 1914-18 War, buried in JARNY and LABRY Communal German Extension, whose graves could not be found. Certain of the British graves from the 1914-18 War were brought in from POUILLY and St. JURE German Cemeteries and BRIEY Communal Cemetery German Extension.

Total Burials: 111. 

World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 77, Canada 2. Total 79.

World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 30.

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41657 Pilot Officer (Pilot)
Lloyd George Bishop
73 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
12th March 1940
Grave 13.

Son of Alfred and Mary Windsor Bishop, of Castleton, Ontario, Canada.


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Lieutenant
Elliot Adams Chapin
99th Sqdn. Royal Air Force
27th June 1918, aged 23.
Grave Ref: 377.

Son of Cyrus S. and Alice B. Chapin, of 935, Beacon St., Newton Centre, Mass., U.S.A. Born at Somenille, Mass, U.S.A.


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534667 Private
Frederick Ewart Dyer
15th Bn. London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
15th July 1918, aged 19.
Grave Ref: 372.

Son of Carey James Dyer and Cecilia Mary Dyer, of 23, St. Giles Rd., Derby.


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Lieutenant 
Walter Henry Goodale
46th Bn. Canadian Infantry, attd. 104th Sqdn. Royal Air Force
1st August 1918, aged 23.
Grave Ref: 330.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Goodale, of Peakirk, Lincs.; husband of Kathleen May Goodale, of St. Edmundsbury, Royston, Herts., England.


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Lieutenant
Leopold Grahame Stern
99th Sqdn. Royal Air Force
26th September 1918, aged 18.
Grave Ref: 379.

Son of L. J. and Lilias M. Stern, of "Red Oaks," Henfield, Sussex.


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200951 Private
Richard Matthew Thorpe
4th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
8th June 1918
Labry Com. Cem. German Extension Mem. 5.


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Metz, France. c. November 1918. In 1915 the German Kaiser visiting the battlefields ordered that this statue of the prophet Daniel standing at the entrance to the Cathedral be altered to a likeness of himself. The order was carried out. Following the armistice when the French reoccupied the area the parish priest used a dog chain to hang a notice from the Kaiser's wrist which read "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi" (Thus passes the glory of the world.)

French War Graves

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World War One German War Graves (Total 2,056)

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Other Nationalities

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