GLORIEUX FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Meuse
France
Location Information
Glorieux French National Cemetery is on the west side of Verdun on the road to the Fort de la Chaume.
Historical Information
The 400,000 French lives lost in the defence of Verdun during the First World War are recalled by the three French National Cemeteries in the commune, the many that surround it, and the Lantern and great ossuary of Douaumont.
Glorieux French National Cemetery contains more than 3,500 graves. Among them are two Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Burial Details
42843 Private J. Brown, 12th Bn. Royal Scots, died 25th December 1918, aged 24. Son of William and Sarah Brown, of 33, Livingstone Place, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire.
74937 Private T. Downie, 1st/6th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, died 4th December 1918.
Glorieux French National Cemetery is on the west side of Verdun on the road to the Fort de la Chaume.
Historical Information
The 400,000 French lives lost in the defence of Verdun during the First World War are recalled by the three French National Cemeteries in the commune, the many that surround it, and the Lantern and great ossuary of Douaumont.
Glorieux French National Cemetery contains more than 3,500 graves. Among them are two Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Burial Details
42843 Private J. Brown, 12th Bn. Royal Scots, died 25th December 1918, aged 24. Son of William and Sarah Brown, of 33, Livingstone Place, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire.
74937 Private T. Downie, 1st/6th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, died 4th December 1918.
