MAISSEMY GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY
Aisne
France
Location Information
Maissemy German Military Cemetery is situated on the northern side of the Omignon river a short drive from Maissemy village which is to the north-west of St Quentin.
The easiest way to reach the cemetery is from the D 1044 which is the main road running between Cambrai and St Quentin (This used to be the N 44).
At Bellenglise (10 kilometres north of St Quentin) turn westwards onto the D 31. Continue along this road, which will become the D 33, past Pontruet. After about 5 kilometres you will reach the cemetery on your right hand side.
Historical Information
The cemetery was created by the French Military authorities in 1924 who concentrated the bodies originally buried in smaller cemeteries within a 30 kilometre radius.
The vast majority of those buried here died during the three great battles of the Somme: July-November 1916, the German Spring Offensive of 1918 and the Allied offensives of that summer.
The cemetery holds the remains of 30,478 German war dead of World War I.
Pictures © Nicholas Philpot
Maissemy German Military Cemetery is situated on the northern side of the Omignon river a short drive from Maissemy village which is to the north-west of St Quentin.
The easiest way to reach the cemetery is from the D 1044 which is the main road running between Cambrai and St Quentin (This used to be the N 44).
At Bellenglise (10 kilometres north of St Quentin) turn westwards onto the D 31. Continue along this road, which will become the D 33, past Pontruet. After about 5 kilometres you will reach the cemetery on your right hand side.
Historical Information
The cemetery was created by the French Military authorities in 1924 who concentrated the bodies originally buried in smaller cemeteries within a 30 kilometre radius.
The vast majority of those buried here died during the three great battles of the Somme: July-November 1916, the German Spring Offensive of 1918 and the Allied offensives of that summer.
The cemetery holds the remains of 30,478 German war dead of World War I.
Pictures © Nicholas Philpot
Pictures in gallery below © Johan Pauwels