Anita68 Posted 10 March , 2015 Share Posted 10 March , 2015 Hi, I'm hoping to visit my Great Granddads grave - private George Henry Wood, in May and having never been before (only found out about him the end of last year) is there anything I should know? ie can you take flowers, poppies, crosses etc? is the cemetery easy to find? - we're staying in a campsite in Mers-les-Bains Are they open certain hours? If you have the grave number are they relatively easy to find? any helpor info would be gratefully received Thanks Anita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted 10 March , 2015 Share Posted 10 March , 2015 Hello Anita - Welcome to the Forum The CWG website page for Mont Huon Cemetery can be found at http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/11700/MONT%20HUON%20MILITARY%20CEMETERY,%20LE%20TREPORT (Just click on this and it will take you to the page.) On the first page you can download a plan of the Cemetery - just click on the third red button. It's a big Cemetery, so would suggest printing the plan and taking it with you. Your great-granddad's grave is Plot VI. Row G. Grave 1A. - about half way in on the right. There are no specific times published, but obviously going in the daylight is preferable! Feel free to take flowers (though not to plant) or a poppy cross or even a wreath. Some people leave a small photo if you have one. I hope you will have a worthwhile visit and gain something from being reunited with your great-granddad. (Oh yes, you will probably need some tissues - it effects us all .) Best wishes Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted 10 March , 2015 Share Posted 10 March , 2015 When you're leaving le Tréport on the D940 you will pass a water tower on your right and then very shortly after that there is a small road to the right signed Mesnil-Val (D126). Mont-Huon Cemetery is actually on that road. You will see it in advance after you leave the le Tréport built-up area: it has a cream domed structure at the top end of the cemetery. I think it's an easy cemetery to find your way round as it's long and thin. Mont-Huon was the first cemetery I ever went to (in 1987) and it had quite an impact. I've been several times since. If you have time and fancy a walk on the shore by the cliffs, it's very pleasant to carry on to Mesnil-Val-Plage. From Mesnil-Val-Plage you can drive or walk back to le Tréport along the cliff tops (D126E - turn at the road junction opposite the Royal Albion Hotel, signed le Tréport) and pass the cliff top site of the Hotel Trianon which was used as a military hospital. Its steps and a few stones of the famous terrace remain. There are a few old postcards from my collection on my personal blog here. (The cemetery pictured in the card is le Tréport cemetery not Mont Huon.) If you're interested, here is my postcard of a military parade on the beach at le Tréport - I found it quite startling! Gwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 11 March , 2015 Share Posted 11 March , 2015 There should also be a Cemetery Register including a plan of the Cemetery and a list of all the identified graves that are buried there. This should be in a compartment marked as such; they are often somewhere near to the entrance, or in the building in the cemetery (if there is one - not having been there, I don't know if there is one). Also in the compartment there is a "visitor's book" for the CWGC. I would strongly suggest that you sign it so that the CWGC know that you have visited. I hope that you have a good visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevmc Posted 11 March , 2015 Share Posted 11 March , 2015 any helpor info would be gratefully received Thanks Anita Hello Anita I assume that you will be approaching the cemetery from the direction of the town of Le Treport. Bear in mind that there is a town cemetery on the road out. This cemetery also has WW1 graves. Drive on past that as Mont Huon is a couple of miles further on. It is on a plateau, on the right hand side of the road that turns off the main road. Until a couple of years ago it was a remote site but recently a Police HQ has been built next to the cemetery. There is no obvious, allocated parking area but you will be able to park in front or just before the cemetery on the grass verge. I have been a number of times to visit my grandfather's grave and have never seen anyone else visiting at the same time. If you plan to leave flowers either buy them on your journey to Le Treport or from the flower shop in Eu (one opposite the Notre Dame which is the centre - there is also another one on rue Charles Morin not central), I think Eu is a more interesting town than Le Treport. There is a flower shop in Le Treport but we did not think it was very good. Not sure what you intend regarding poppies, as fresh ones will soon go off and are not sold as cut plants. The French do not relate to the Poppy as we do (the cornflower seems to be their main choice), so buying hand made Poppy wreaths etc. is something not normally found in France - I recommend that you take something with you, from home, if it is to be hand-made poppies. We have left red or white roses but be aware that flower shops in the likes of Le Treport and Eu will not have a large number to select from. Kevin Edit This page refers to action involving 51st MG Bn at around the time your GreatGrandad received his fatal wounds.http://www.braverymedals.co.uk/922-2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 11 March , 2015 Share Posted 11 March , 2015 It looks from the plan and two photos that are on the CWGC web page for the Cemetery that the compartment containing the Cemetery Register will be at the entrance. This could be outside or just inside the gates, but it will be pretty obvious once you start looking. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevmc Posted 11 March , 2015 Share Posted 11 March , 2015 It looks from the plan and two photos that are on the CWGC web page for the Cemetery that the compartment containing the Cemetery Register will be at the entrance. This could be outside or just inside the gates, but it will be pretty obvious once you start looking. Good luck! The compartment is in the structure at the other end from the entrance, just before the "German Plot". Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 11 March , 2015 Share Posted 11 March , 2015 The compartment is in the structure at the other end from the entrance, just before the "German Plot". Kevin Oh, thanks for that; they're normally quite near to the entrance, which is why I said what I said, but that's useful to know if I ever get to go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted 11 March , 2015 Share Posted 11 March , 2015 I've never done it so I can't comment on the standard of service, but you can buy your poppy cross, wreath etc online from the RBL poppy shop . (Should you wish to buy a bleuet [cornflower] they're available from the official Bleuets de France website. Last year was the 80th anniversary of the bleuet as a symbol of remembrance and there was a particular push to encourage their purchase.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 11 March , 2015 Admin Share Posted 11 March , 2015 All the stones have been recently replaced in Le Tréport, it's easy to find. It can be very windswept up at the cemetery, when I. There in 2012 it was very windy. Last year it was lovely though Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita68 Posted 11 March , 2015 Author Share Posted 11 March , 2015 Thank you for all your helpful info. In terms of poppies I bought a knitted one from Hythe last year and was hoping to somehow attach it to a remembrance cross. I will also look into the Bleuets Thanks again x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBooth Posted 11 March , 2015 Share Posted 11 March , 2015 Threads like this remind me why this site is so very special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita68 Posted 15 April , 2015 Author Share Posted 15 April , 2015 Thanks again for all your helpful comments - we're booked to go over 15th - 17th May and what's even nicer is my 2 sons (22 & 23yrs) have said they'd like to go with us! now to decide poppy, Bleuets or both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Wood Posted 15 April , 2015 Share Posted 15 April , 2015 As Michelle has noted it can blow up there - take warm clothing. Apart from the stones all being new the other thing that struck me was the Indian and German graves hidden behind the big wall thingy - that and the new gendarmerie on the corner of the Le Treport road. Looks like the grave you are interested on is one of the sunny side (SE facing) rows - generally better for photographs but probably best to be there before the sun gets too far west.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Phil Wood Posted 20 May , 2015 Share Posted 20 May , 2015 Nice one - glad you made it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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