Rethel French national war cemetery
La nécropole nationale de Rethel. © ECPAD
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The national war cemetery of Rethel contains the bodies of 3,542 French, British, Romanian and Russian soldiers who died during the First World War. Created in 1923, this war cemetery was rearranged in 1966 to hold bodies exhumed from the municipal cemetery and military cemeteries located south of Aisne. In total, 3,117 French soldiers are buried here, including 1,202 in two ossuaries. 110 Brits, 12 Romanians and 213 Russians who died during the First World War are laid to rest alongside them.
Three French soldiers who died for France during the fighting in May 1940 are also buried here, including Charles de Funès de Galzara, the brother of the famous French comedian.
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Rethel
Au nord de Rethel, sur la D 946
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Comité Départemental du Tourisme de l'Aisne
26, avenue Charles de Gaulle
02007 Laon Cedex
Tél. : 03 23 27 76 76