Cemetery Details
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Cemetery: |
SEDAN (ST. CHARLES) COMMUNAL CEMETERY |
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Country: |
France |
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Locality: |
Ardennes |
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Location Information: |
Sedan is a town on the River Meuse in the Department of the Ardennes, close to the Forest of the Ardennes, and some 24 kilometres south-east of Charleville-Mezieres.
Sedan (St. Charles) Communal Cemetery is on the north side of the town. It is about 2 kilometres from the railway station in the direction of Floing, after passing the hospital, on the road called Rue du Cimetiere. |
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Historical Information: |
Sedan (St Charles) Communal Cemetery contains 50 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. They are at the north end of the cemetery in a plot also containing French, Russian and Rumanian war graves, and those of almost 700 "victimes civils". The cemetery also contains one Commonwealth burial of the Second World War. |
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No. of Identified Casualties: |
51 |
This
figure includes Foreign and Non-World War graves in CWGC care