Remembrance: Five Little-Known Cemeteries of the Great War

Posted on November 12, 2022 by

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In this episode we travel along The Old Front Line in France and Flanders to visit five lesser-known war cemeteries from different nations where the dead of the Great War lie, some with only a handful of graves and others with thousands of burials.

We visit: Nécropole Nationale de la 28ème Brigade (La Ferme de Wacques), Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Noyelles-sur-Mer Chinese Cemetery, Vladslo German Cemetery and Guizancourt Farm Cemetery near Gouy.

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Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery c.1920 (OFL Archives)

Category: Argonne, Behind The Lines, Champagne, Flanders, Hindenburg Line, Podcast Episode, WW1 Cemeteries

18 Comments on “Remembrance: Five Little-Known Cemeteries of the Great War”

      • The rather involved and long story of the repatriation of the American soldiers after the war is very interesting. The first man in our county (upper Midwest) KIA was buried 3x before eventually being returned to the US. He lies in our rural Lutheran church cemetery and I visit him every Sunday

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  3. Canadian listeners may want to see the less visited cemeteries around Vimy. There are many. My favourite is Petit Vimy British Cemetery.
    Thanks Burke Lush
    Peterborough, ON

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    • Of course, but I have covered that area and many of those smaller cemeteries in previous Pods and will no doubt return to do others like Petit Vimy. This episode was about telling a wider story than just one nation.

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  4. Thanks for another great episode Paul. I think the statues of the mother and father might be the saddest things I’ve ever seen.

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  5. Great episode for Remembrance time and listened to it via the wonders of the Internet in Thailand….keep up the excellent work…

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  6. Hi Paul,
    You’ve touched upon the fact that irrespective of the stature and position of the soldier, it was his sacrifice for the cause of peace on earth that urged them across No Man’s Land into the jaws of death.
    Thanks for all the updates about the Great War that our generation would have missed but for your diligence.

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  7. Paul,

    Great and informative podcast as ever. Will be aiming to visit the Chinese cemetery in July next year when visiting the Somme now that I know that it exists.

    regards,
    Stuart.

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  8. An excellent podcast reminding us ( as is necessary sometimes) of the extent of the French contribution and their losses. I’m sure that I read somewhere once many years ago ( and I’m happy to be corrected) that the author John Keegan wrote when considering the difference between British and French losses, that in comparison to the French, the British were in the right place at the right time.

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  9. Hi,

    Great podcast again – you mentioned a German memorial near to Vladslo Cemetery – could you provide a little more detail on its location – nothing coming up on Google!

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