CHAUNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION
Chauny
Aisne
France
General Directions: Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension can be reached from the direction of Ham following the D937, Ham to Chauny road. It is necessary to cross a major road, the N32. Shortly after the junction the approach to Chauny is via a roundabout and a small industrial estate. After several hundred metres a left turn must be made at the first set of traffic lights, following the CWGC sign. Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension will be found 300 metres after the junction on the right side of the road.
The Extension to the Communal Cemetery at Chauny was made after the Armistice for the burial of remains brought in from the battlefields of the Aisne and from smaller cemeteries in the surrounding countryside. The majority of those buried here died in 1918; among the rest were soldiers who fell in September, 1914.
The following are the cemeteries from which British graves (all of soldiers from the United Kingdom) were removed to Chauny: Charmes Communal Cemetery Extension (Aisne), where 14 soldiers were buried by their comrades in June and July, 1918. Chauny French Military Cemetery (Aisne), where two British soldiers were buried in January and March, 1918. Chauny German National Cemetery (Aisne), which contained 15 British graves of March-July, 1918. Couchy-le-Chateau German Cemetery (Aisne), where six British soldiers were buried in August, 1918. Crecy-sur-Serre German Cemetery (Aisne), where 53 British soldiers were buried, mainly by the Germans, in March-September, 1918. Jaulzy Churchyard (Oise), where a British soldier was buried in August, 1914. La Bovette German Cemetery, Fourdrain (Aisne), where one British soldier was buried in March, 1918. La Fere Communal Cemetery (Aisne), which contained three British graves of August, 1914. Lanchy Churchyard (Aisne) which contained two British graves of April, 1917. Le Trou-Fourcy German Cemetery, Suzy (Aisne), which contained six British burials of August, 1918; two of these were moved to Grand-Seraucourt British Cemetery. Mennessis Communal Cemetery (Aisne), where one British soldier was buried in March, 1918. Premontre Communal Cemetery (Aisne), which contained two British burials of July and August, 1918. Sempigny Churchyard (Oise), which contained a British burial of August, 1914. Versigny German Cemetery (Aisne), which contained three British burials of August, 1918. Villequier-Aumont German Cemetery (Aisne), where six British soldiers were buried in March, 1918. Villequier-Aumont Communal Cemetery (Aisne), where one British soldier was buried in a private vault.
Casualty Details: UK 986, Canada 20, Germany 2, Total Burials 1008
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