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Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne

  • Country France
  • Total identified casualties 29 Find these casualties
  • Region Aisne
  • Identified casualties from First World War
  • GPS Coordinates Latitude: 49.79663, Longitude: 3.46824
RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, AISNE - CWGC
RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, AISNE - CWGC
RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, AISNE - CWGC
RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, AISNE - CWGC
RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, AISNE - CWGC
RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, AISNE - CWGC

Location information

Ribemont in the Department of the Aisne (there is also a Ribemont in the Department of the Somme), is a village 14 kilometres South-East of St. Quentin, adjacent to the Canal de Sambre.

History information

The Communal Cemetery was extended by the Germans, but the German graves, 320 in number, have been removed.

There are now over 30, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site, beyond the French Military plot, on the North-East side of the cemetery. Of these, a small number are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to a soldier believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of three United Kingdom soldiers, buried in Monceau-le-Neuf Communal Cemetery German Extension, whose graves could not be found.