Les Gonards Cemetery, Versailles

• Country France
• Total identified casualties 181 Find these casualties
• Region Yvelines
• Identified casualties from First & Second World War
• GPS Coordinates Latitude: 48.79343, Longitude: 2.13731

Location information

From the A13 in the direction of Paris from Normandy take the Versailles Ouest exit off the motorway and turn right down the N186 towards the Chateau of Versailles. If leaving Paris on the A13 take the Versailles Centre exit. Follow the N186 round a bend where it becomes Boulevard St Antoine. At the Memorial roundabout turn right and continue up the side of the Chateau, along the Boulevard du Roi. At the Chateau follow the road round until reaching traffic lights and turn right then immediately left into Avenue de Paris. Take the second road on the right just past the Hotel de Ville and continue along the road past the railway station to traffic lights under a railway bridge. Turn hard right as you pass under the bridge. The cemetery is on the left hand side of the road. The CWGC plot is at the rear of the cemetery on the right straight up from the entrance. There are no CWGC signposts although there is a CWGC plaque at the cemetery entrance.

Visiting information

Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible with some difficulty. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on 01628 507200.

History information

There are now over 150, 1914-18 and 10, 1939-45 Commonwealth war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these from the 1914-18 War, the great majority died in 1914-1915 in No.4 General Hospital.