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Longuenesse Commonwealth Military Cemetery - St Omer (France)

Important note

The World War II Overloon Commonwealth Military Cemetery photo portfolio is provided by Mr. Robert Mary. All photos on this page are copyright Robert Mary and may only be reproduced with his express permission. You may contact me here.

More information about Commonwealth cemeteries in Europe is available here

You can find precise location of graves per soldier name here (you will have access to the database of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission). You can contact the CWGC there

Historical information

St. Omer was the General Headquarters of the British Expeditionary Force from October 1914 to March 1916. Lord Roberts died there in November 1914. The town was a considerable hospital centre with the 4th, 10th, 7th Canadian, 9th Canadian and New Zealand Stationary Hospitals, the 7th, 58th (Scottish) and 59th (Northern) General Hospitals, and the 17th, 18th and 1st and 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Stations all stationed there at some time during the war. St. Omer suffered air raids in November 1917 and May 1918, with serious loss of life.
The Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery also includes numerous WW2 graves.

Location information

General Directions: St. Omer is a large town 45 kilometres south-east of Calais. Longuenesse is a commune on the southern outskirts of St. Omer. The Cemetery is approximately 3 kilometres from St Omer, beside the Wizernes (Abbeville) road (the D928), at its junction with the Rue des Bruyeres. There is a large car park to the rear of the cemetery.