| Mont-Huon Military Cemetery | |
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| Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
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| Used for those deceased 1917-19, 1940 | |
| Location |
50°02′46″N 1°21′54″E / 50.04611°N 1.365°ECoordinates: 50°02′46″N 1°21′54″E / 50.04611°N 1.365°E near Le Tréport, Somme |
| Designed by | Sir Reginald Blomfield |
| Total burials | Over 2,300 |
| Unknown burials | 0 |
| Burials by nation | |
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| Burials by war | |
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First World War - 2,128 (Allied) Second World War - 7 (Allied) | |
| Statistics source: [1] | |
Mont-Huon Military Cemetery, the Stone Shelter and a general view.
Mont-Huon Military Cemetery [2] is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery close to Le Tréport, north-west of Dieppe on the north-west coast of France. The cemetery holds over 2,300 dead from both World War I and World War II.[1]
History[]
Le Tréport was the scene of much Allied activity during World War I due to its proximity to the front line, it had ready access to England and was chosen to establish a hospital where the Trianon Grand Hotel[3] was put into service to provide 500 beds. The local civilian cemetery quickly became over-crowded and the first military cemetery also become over-crowded, requiring the establishment of Mont-Huon in the summer of 1917.
The Second World War saw the reopening of the cemetery to cope with the casualties of that war. Seven[1] men are buried in Mont-Huon Military Cemetery from World War II, in two separate sections.
The slight discrepancy (by one) in the number of Allied burials (WW1=2,128 & WW2=7; total = 2,135 v 2,134[1]) is because there is one non-combatant buried in Mont-Huon. Mrs Gertrude Chambers, who died 1 December 1918 aged 27 is interred in Mont-Huon. Her headstone reads "Had he asked us we would say God we love her let her stay".
The cemetery[]
Designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield, Mont-Huon Military Cemetery contains the remains of soldiers from the Allies and Germany.[1]
In total, the cemetery contains 2,349[3] burials of which over 200 are German burials.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Cemetery Details: Mont-Huon Military Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 2017. http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/11700/MONT%20HUON%20MILITARY%20CEMETERY,%20LE%20TREPORT. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ↑ "Cemetery Details: Mont-Huon Military Cemetery". 2017. http://www.fallenheroesofnormandy.org/Cemeteries/23. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Information plaque at entrance.
External links[]
The original article can be found at Mont-Huon Military Cemetery and the edit history here.