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Commonwealth War Cemetery St. Omer Souvenir Longuenesse

The Commonwealth section of St. Omer Souvenir Cemetery in Longuenesse contains 2,874 Commonwealth burials of the First World War (6 unidentified), with special memorials commemorating 23 men of the Chinese Labour Corps whose graves could not be exactly located.

Second World War burials number 403 (93 unidentified).

Within the Commonwealth section there are also 34 non-war burials and 239 war graves of other nationalities.

There are also French War graves from World Warl and World War ll.

Longuenesse CWG Cemetery contains the World War I graves of 86 Chinese who served in the Chinese Labor Corps. Between them are also 8 Indochinese who were under French command as laborers.

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Source

  • Text: TracesOfWar
  • Photos: Francky De Rous (1, 2, 3, 4), Rob Vogels (5)