Great-Uncles Grave 1914

[Medic7922]

I have been looking to try and visit my Great-uncles grave next year, See my signature, The Churchyard where he is buried does not have a Church and I cannot find out if there was one in 1914 or if it was destroyed during the war.

http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/ww1cemeteries_ext/boitron_chyd.htm

[Tom Tulloch-Marshall]

If you go HERE and search for eglise you will find a note >

Architecture sacrée :
Eglise en ruine en 1975.

Looks like a bit of a clue !

Tom

[Guest]

Hello,

I'm leaving at Boitron where you're great Uncle rest in peace. I know the five british graves in the church yard.

The church has been hit in 1940 during the retreat of the french army.

In 1914, it was still there : https://www.boitron77.fr/histoire.html (click on the map to see the postcards)

Boitron as been freed by british troops (2nd division) the 8th of September 1914 at around 2 pm.

 

we did commemorate pipers last year in the Petit Morin valley where BEF fight against german rearguard during the Batlle of Marne.