Cotswold Posted 29 August , 2005 Share Posted 29 August , 2005 Hello, Could someone please tell me how many men are buried in La Targette French National Cemetery? Many Thanks, Donna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted 29 August , 2005 Share Posted 29 August , 2005 Off the top of my head around 38,000 in the French Cemetery, 650+ in La Targette CWGC next door and 45,000 German 500 metres away round the corner. Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul guthrie Posted 29 August , 2005 Share Posted 29 August , 2005 And I think there are about that many more French at NDDL a few miles away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotswold Posted 29 August , 2005 Author Share Posted 29 August , 2005 Hi Malcolm, Thankyou very much the information. Regards, Donna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 29 August , 2005 Share Posted 29 August , 2005 The exact figures are 12,210 burials of which 3,882 are in a mass grave; that is WW1. For WW2 there are 593 French, 4 Polish, 170 Belgian and 169 in a mass grave. The cemetery was made between 1919 and 1923, and the WW2 graves were added in 1956 from the Pas de Calais area. It covers an area of 44,525 m2. The source for this is 'Atlas des Necropoles Nationales' (France, 1994). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted 29 August , 2005 Share Posted 29 August , 2005 Thanks Paul. Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotswold Posted 30 August , 2005 Author Share Posted 30 August , 2005 Thanks all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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