The Morvillars national cemetery
La nécropole nationale de Morvillars. © ECPAD
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The Morvillars national cemetery brings together the bodies of soldiers who died for France during the fighting on the Alsation front and those who died in the two temporary hospitals opened in the the Louis Veillard castle and the 54B evacuation hospital opened in 1917. Developed in 1924, this cemetery was extended in 1979 in order to welcome the bodies exhumed from the B de Morvillars military cemetery and the Chavannes-les-Grands communal cemetery. Today, this cemetery holds the bodies of 160 soldiers buried in individual graves. Among them are the remains of Thomas Robertson, a Scottish soldier who died in February 1919, and four soldiers who died during the Second World War.
Within the walls of the national cemetery is a memorial lantern, which serves as the commune's war memorial. In 1921, after having granted - in November 1920 - the principle of a permanent plot for the soldiers of the commune who had died for France, the Morvillars municipal council decided to erect the commune's war memorial within the walls of the military cemetery. This memorial, in the form of an 8 metre lantern, was inaugurated in 1923. Crowned by a Greek cross, this monument therefore carries the names of the 32 natives of Morvillars who died in 1914-1918 and those of the five who died in 1939-1945. Twelve graves of soldiers originating from Morvillars surround this monument, arranged in a semi-circle.
La nécropole nationale de Morvillars. © ECPAD
La nécropole nationale de Morvillars. © ECPAD
La nécropole nationale de Morvillars. © ECPAD
La nécropole nationale de Morvillars. © ECPAD
La nécropole nationale de Morvillars. © ECPAD
Les premiers canons pris aux Allemands lors des combats d’août 1914 exposés à Belfort. © Collections BDIC
Convoi de prisonniers allemands, capturés dans les combats de Brunhaupt traversant la Chapelle-sous-Rougemont en direction de Belfort, janvier 1915. © Collections BDIC
Exercice de fantassins français, Dannemarie, octobre 1915. © Collections BDIC
Cimetière de Joncherey où reposent côte à côte le caporal Peugeot et le lieutenant Mayer. © Collections BDIC
Officiers d’état-major de la 1re armée du général Dubail observant les positions allemandes d’Altkirch,septembre 1916. © Collections BDIC
Rencontre entre le général Philipot, commandant la 14e division d'infanterie française et le général Lenihan commandant la 42e DIUS à Saint-Clément, près de Sens. © Collections BDIC
Lors d’une tournée d’inspection à Morvillars, le général Pétain fait distribuer du tabac à ses soldats sur le front des Vosges, février 1918. © Collections BDIC
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