MOOSCH FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Haut-Rhin
France
GPS Coordinates: 47°51'33.5"N 7°03'16.5"E
Image © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
Moosch is a town in the Haut-Rhin region of France. Moosch French National Cemetery is located to the east of the town on the Rue du Cimetière Militaire.
Historical Information
Created in 1920, Moosch French National Cemetery contains the bodies of soldiers who died for France in Haute-Alsace between 1914 and 1916. The cemetery was expanded until 1935 to include the remains of bodies exhumed from temporary military cemeteries of the valleys of Thur and Doller.
The body of General Serret, commander of the 66th Infantry Division (DI) died on 6 January 1916 from wounds sustained on Hartmannswillerkopf, is also buried in this war cemetery. In total, nearly 25,000 soldiers died on the slopes of Hartmannswillerkopf, 12,000 of which were French.
Total Burials: 595.
World War One Casualties: France 594, U. S. A. 1. Total 595.
