Marissel French National Cemetery

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Location Information:

Marissel is an eastern suburb of Beauvais, a Cathedral town between Rouen and Compiegne. The Cemetery, known locally as the 'Cimetiere Militaire National de Beauvais-Marissel', is not actually in Marissel. It is located approximately 1 kilometre north of Beauvais town centre on the Rue d'Amiens (N1). The Commonwealth war graves are along the left-hand wall of the cemetery.

Historical Information:

Beauvais was a French hospital centre during the war. The French National Cemetery was made in 1922. There are 19 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war and 158 of the 1939-45 war commemorated in this site. Of these, 4 from the 1939-45 War are unidentified. The British graves, from the 1914-18 War, came from:- BEAUVAIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, BEAUVAIS, CEMPUIS and GRANDVILLIERS FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERIES.