ST. QUENTIN GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY
Aisne
France
Location Information
St. Quentin is a large town in the Aisne region of Northern France. The German Military Cemetery is located to the West of the town on the Rue de la Chaussée Romaine.
Historical Information
The cemetery contains 6,294 individual graves, 6 of which do not include names (unknown soldiers); 22 graves are marked with a stele and not a cross, the soldiers who are buried there being of the Jewish faith. Of the 1,935 soldiers buried in the mass grave, 434 are known.
The cemetery was originally started in 1914 during the German occupation of the city, it was destroyed in its original form during bombardments in 1916. The cemetery in its original state can be seen in the images below.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
St. Quentin is a large town in the Aisne region of Northern France. The German Military Cemetery is located to the West of the town on the Rue de la Chaussée Romaine.
Historical Information
The cemetery contains 6,294 individual graves, 6 of which do not include names (unknown soldiers); 22 graves are marked with a stele and not a cross, the soldiers who are buried there being of the Jewish faith. Of the 1,935 soldiers buried in the mass grave, 434 are known.
The cemetery was originally started in 1914 during the German occupation of the city, it was destroyed in its original form during bombardments in 1916. The cemetery in its original state can be seen in the images below.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
German military cemetery and memorial at St. Quentin. IWM (Q 53087)
A German prisoner taken in the Battle of St Quentin Canal (Saint-Quentin) ath the Clearing Depot, Abbeville, 2nd October 1918. IWM (Q 9357)
Memorial to Musketer Becker of the 9th Company, 87th Jaeger Regiment in the German war cemetery at St. Quentin. Musketeer Becker was born on 4 January 1892 and died on 27 September 1914. IWM (Q53086)
A German prisoner taken in the Battle of St Quentin Canal (Saint-Quentin) ath the Clearing Depot, Abbeville, 2nd October 1918. IWM (Q 9354)
German cemetery at St. Quentin before the bombardment of 1916. The grave in front of the monument is of Wilhelm Soker. IWM (Q 87891)
A German prisoner taken in the Battle of St Quentin Canal (Saint-Quentin) ath the Clearing Depot, Abbeville, 2nd October 1918. IWM (Q 9359)
