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RANCOURT FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY

Somme

​France


Location Information

Rancourt is a small village on the main N17 road between Bapaume and Peronne. 

The French MilitaryCemetery is on the outskirts of the south side of the village. It lies in the fields to the left of the main road facing Rancourt Military Cemetery


Historical Information


Containing the graves of 8,566 men, Rancourt French Military Cemetery is the largest French military cemetery of the Somme and testifies to the violent battles that raged towards the end of the offensive. Contained within the perimeter of the cemetery is the French Chapel of Remembrance, which was erected by an association created by the Du Bos family in remembrance of their son, Jean, and his comrades who were killed in action on 25th September 1916.


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