Hattencourt National Military Cemetery
La nécropole nationale d’Hattencourt. © ECPAD
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Established in 1920, the Hattencourt National Cemetery was extended between 1934 to 1936 to accommodate the remains of soldiers were killed in 1914-1918, and who had initially been buried in various temporary cemeteries in towns in the Somme. This cemetery holds the remains of 1,942 French soldiers, 667 of whom are buried in four ossuaries, together with two Russians. The other soldiers are buried in individual graves. Among these are the remains of many soldiers from the French colonies or who fought with the Indochinese battalions. Five French soldiers who lost their lives during the 1939-1945 war are also buried here.
On the eve of war, the aeronautics industry was in its infancy, and only a handful of professional pilots held military licences. From the very start of the war, mastery of the skies was crucial to support the troops on the ground and to observe enemy movements. The air force began to gain structure during the course of the war and, by 1918, was the key to victory. French pilots J. de Saint-Genest (Grave No.120) and M. Puy (Grave No.791), killed in battle alongside their comrades in the French Air Force, 2nd Aviation Group, lie at rest in Hattencourt cemetery.
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