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MARISSEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY

Beauvais
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​France


Location Information

Marissel is an eastern suburb of Beauvais, a Cathedral town between Rouen and Compiègne. Marissel French National Cemetery, known locally as the 'Cimetiere Militaire National de Beauvais-Marissel', is not actually in Marissel. It is located approximately 1 kilometre north of Beauvais town centre on the Rue d'Amiens (D1001).

The Commonwealth war graves are mainly located along the left-hand wall of the cemetery. Others are near the French monument and along the central section.


Historical Information

Beauvais was a French hospital centre during the war. The French National Cemetery was made in 1922.

There are 19 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war and 158 of the 1939-45 war commemorated in this site. Of these, 4 from the 1939-45 War are unidentified.

The British graves, from the 1914-18 War, came from:-


BEAUVAIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, BEAUVAIS, CEMPUIS and GRANDVILLIERS FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERIES.
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