Lyon (La Guillotiere) Old Communal Cemetery

• Country France
• Total identified casualties 1 Find these casualties
• Region Rhone
• Identified casualties from First World War
• GPS Coordinates Latitude: 45.74188, Longitude: 4.8569

Location information

Lyon is a large prefectoral town in the Department of Rhone. The La Guillotiere district of Lyon contains two cemeteries, an old and a new, which are located a few hundred metres apart. The Old and 'Ancien Cimetiere de la Guillotiere' is located to the east of the city centre just south of the large army barracks 'Caserne Sergent Blandan'. From the Gare de Perrache railway station, cross the river Rhone by the Pont Gallieni and continue down the Avenue Berthelot in the direction of Grenoble (A43). The Old Cemetery is on the left after approximately 2 kilometres and can be reached via the left hand turn into the Boulevard des Tchecoslovaques. The main cemetery entrance is 200 metres on the left down this road. Captain G S Barrow is buried in the Sejalon family tomb, which is located in Carre (Plot) 6, Allee (Row) 10, in the former 'Deuxieme Cimitiere' to the rear of the cemetery.

Visiting information

OPENING TIMES:

2nd May - 2nd November 0800 - 1730

3rd November - 1st May 0800 - 1700

The Cemetery is closed on Sundays and all French National Holidays.