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Grand Cimetière d'Orleans

Also known as Orleans Main Cemetery

Orleans, Departement du Loiret, Centre, France

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Get directions Orleans, Centre, France

Coordinates: 47.91791, 1.91019
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Orléans is a large town in the Loiret Department, Centre Region. The Grand Cimetière (a.k.a. Orléans Main Cemetery) is situated on the north-eastern side of the town, between the main railway station and the station of Fleury-les-Aubrai on the Boulevard Lamartine. The Commonwealth War Graves Plot is in Block K, at the far end from the main entrance.

The Meerut British General Hospital was in Orleans from October-December, 1914. Orleans Cathedral contains a tablet, unveiled in 1925, commemorating the million British dead in the First World War. There are 21 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war here, 1 of which is unidentified. There are a further 71 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here. There are also 5 Polish Foreign National burials here.

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