Franco-British military cemetery (1939-1945)

The Choloy-Ménillot national necropolis was created between 1914 and 1924 and comprises three parts. The first is the French cemetery, containing the graves of 1,079 soldiers: 1,926 French (14-18), 1 British, 49 Polish, 6 Romanian, 86 Russian, 2 Serbian and 9 other French (39-45).
The second part is the British military cemetery, containing the remains of 461 British, Canadian, New Zealand, South African and Indian soldiers.
The third part is the garrison military cemetery, where the bodies of 49 French soldiers of the Muslim faith are buried.
In addition to these soldiers, there are 57 civilians, family members who have obtained the right to be buried alongside them.


Sources: Maryse Humbert, Toulois Souvenir Français committee