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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.


French National Cemetery

Images © Johan Pauwels

Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery

Commonwealth War Graves

Images © Johan Pauwels

Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
Villers-Cotterêts French National Cemetery
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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.






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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.

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