VILLERS-COTTERÊTS FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.26215, Longitude: 3.08712
Location Information
Villers-Cotterêts is a commune 22 kilometres south-west of Soissons and 32 kilometres east of Compiegne. The cemetery is on the left hand side of the Paris/Compiegne road from the centre of the town, on the outskirts of the town.
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery contains four Commonwealth burials of the First World War, one of which is unidentified. 3 of the Commonwealth graves are located on the right hand side of the main central path, and the other 1 is located on the rear left.
French World War One Casualties: 3,411.
French World War Two Casualties: 10.
Russian World War One Burials: 4.
Identified Commonwealth Casualties: United Kingdom 2, Canada 1. Total 3.
Unidentified Commonwealth Casualty: 1.
Villers-Cotterêts is a commune 22 kilometres south-west of Soissons and 32 kilometres east of Compiegne. The cemetery is on the left hand side of the Paris/Compiegne road from the centre of the town, on the outskirts of the town.
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery contains four Commonwealth burials of the First World War, one of which is unidentified. 3 of the Commonwealth graves are located on the right hand side of the main central path, and the other 1 is located on the rear left.
French World War One Casualties: 3,411.
French World War Two Casualties: 10.
Russian World War One Burials: 4.
Identified Commonwealth Casualties: United Kingdom 2, Canada 1. Total 3.
Unidentified Commonwealth Casualty: 1.
French National Cemetery
Images © Johan Pauwels
Commonwealth War Graves
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552785 Private
Richard Leonard Bradley
"A: Squadron, Fort Garry Horse
25th March 1918, aged 23.
Son of Charles John Bradley and Eliza Bradley, of London, Ontario.
Richard Leonard Bradley
"A: Squadron, Fort Garry Horse
25th March 1918, aged 23.
Son of Charles John Bradley and Eliza Bradley, of London, Ontario.
Other Burial Details
14574 Private J. Heslin, 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards, died 14th September 1914, aged 23. Son of James and A. A. Heslin; husband of Beatrice May Heslin, of 14, Gainsborough Gardens, Hampstead, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Break And The Shadows Flee Away"
290195 Private H. Williamson, 1st/8th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), died 29th July 1918.
14574 Private J. Heslin, 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards, died 14th September 1914, aged 23. Son of James and A. A. Heslin; husband of Beatrice May Heslin, of 14, Gainsborough Gardens, Hampstead, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Break And The Shadows Flee Away"
290195 Private H. Williamson, 1st/8th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), died 29th July 1918.
