Conthil National Cemetery
La nécropole nationale de Conthil. © ECPAD
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The Conthil National Cemetery is home to soldiers who died for France in the Battle of Morhange in August 1914. It was constructed during fighting in 1914, and was renovated in 1988.
This small cemetery is typical of military cemeteries from the beginning of the war, and holds 39 French soldiers. Only captain Georges de Fabry, in charge of the 1st company of the 37th infantry regiment, lies separately in an individual grave. The others, mostly young soldiers from the classes of 1910 to 1913 assigned to the 37th infantry regiment, are buried in a collective grave.
The Conthil cemetery is typical of military cemeteries from the start of WWI, and of the way the dead were handled by French military authorities. In fact, at this time, officers were generally buried in individual graves, whereas troops were buried in collective graves. From 1915, the use of individual graves became common for all soldiers. The law of 29 December 1915 gave soldiers who died for France the right to be buried in individual graves.
After the war, a monument was erected in memory of the 37th infantry regiment of Nancy.
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Conthil
Au sud de Morhange, D 79
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