MONTCORNET MILITARY CEMETERY
Montcornet
Aisne
France
General Directions: The cemetery can be reached following the D977 road from Laon and junction 13 of the A26. On arriving at the first road junction on the outskirts of Montcornet, it is necessary to turn left into the town centre. After several hundred metres a right turn should be taken following the signs for Rethel. Shortly after leaving the town centre, the road forks. The right fork should be taken following the CWGC sign. After about 200 metres look for Montcornet Military Cemetery on the left side of the road, which is partially shielded by housing. The cemetery is up a flight of steps from the road.
Montcornet was a German hospital centre in 1918. The Military Cemetery contains the graves of British soldiers who were originally buried with French, Russian and German dead in a site adjoining the cemetery. The French, Russian and German graves were removed to other cemeteries in 1919 and the British graves were regrouped to form the present cemetery. Between 1927 and 1938, the bodies of British soldiers recovered from former battlefields east of Soissons were buried here; most of these were unknown and fell in September, 1914. The following are two cemeteries from which British graves were brought to Montcornet: Antheny Churchyard (Ardennes), where an unidentified Canadian soldier was buried in November, 1918. Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-Sousmonfaucon (Meuse), where two R.A.F. officers, who fell in October, 1918, were buried.
Casualty Details: UK 123, Canada 1, Total Burials: 124
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