OULCHY-LE-CHATEAU CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

Oulchy-le-Chateau

Aisne

France

General Directions: Oulchy-le-Chateau is a village 19 kilometres due south of Soissons, on the road to Chateau-Thierry (D1). The Churchyard Extension is behind the Churchyard, behind the church in the main square.

Oulchy-le-Chateau was passed by British troops on the 11th September, 1914, in the advance to the Aisne; and it was re-captured by the French Sixth Army (after the German offensive of May-June, 1918) on the 25th July, 1918. The Extension was made by French troops. British graves were concentrated here after the Armistice from other burial grounds and from the battlefields; but the 193 French and 137 German graves have been removed, and their site now forms the Communal Cemetery of the village.

The following were among the burial grounds from which British graves were moved to this Extension: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, a permanent cemetery of 2,212 graves, on the South side of the Chateau Thierry-Gandelu road, in which one British soldier, who fell in July, 1918, was buried. Belleau Wood was captured by the 2nd American Division (whose Memorial is opposite the Cemetery), on the 11th June, 1918. Belleau German Cemetery, containing over 2,600 burials, is a little further West. Beugneux British Cemetery, containing the graves of 36 British soldiers (mainly of the 1st/5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) who fell on the 1st August, 1918. Grand-Menil French Military Cemetery, Rozet-St. Albin, where one British soldier who fell in July, 1918, was buried. Hautevesnes Churchyard, where three British soldiers who fell in September, 1914, were buried.

Casualty Details: UK 124, Total Burials: 124

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