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BERRY-AU-BAC FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY

Aisne

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.39725, Longitude: 3.89874

Location Information

Berry-au-Bac is a village 18 kilometres north-west of Reims, on the road to Laon (N44). The French National Cemetery is south of the river Aisne before the village, beside the D1140 road to Gernicourt.


History Information

The cemetery was formerly called the Cimetiere Militaire de Moscou. The Commonwealth graves from the 1914-18 War were all brought in after the Armistice. Of these, over half from the 1914-18 War are unidentified. All fell on the 27th-29th May, 1918, in the Battle of the Aisne. In the north-eastern part is a plot containing the graves of two unknown British soldiers of the 1939-1945 War and 29 British graves of the 1914-1918 War.

Total Burials: 31.

World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 12.

World War One Unidentified Casualties: 17.

World War Two Unidentified Casualties: 2.

Picture used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Berry-au-Bac French National Cemetery

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The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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