VISIT
Noyelles-sur-Mer Chinese Cemetery contains the graves of more than 800 Chinese workers who were employed as labour.
Location
Noyelles-sur-Mer is at the estuary of the Somme, 13 kilometres north-west along the D40 from Abbeville. The cemetery will be found in Nolette on the road to Fliheaucourt. Within the cemetery will be found the Noyelles-sur-Mer Chinese Memorial, which commemorates 39 men of the Chinese Labour Corps who died on land or at sea and whose graves are not known.
Events
CWGC sites around the world host an array of events from open days and exhibitions to commemoration and rededication services throughout the year.
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