Historical Information (Source: CWGC)

Craonnelle Cemetery was made after the Armistice.  There are now over 20, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over half are unidentified. Seven of whose names are known fell on the 27th May, 1918. They are buried among the French dead in different parts of the cemetery.

Served with

• United Kingdom (7)

Served in

• Army (7)

This necropolis contains nearly 4,000 French bodies, nearly half of which are buried in two ossuaries. Twenty-four British combatants and two Belgians are also buried there.

Built during the war near a first-aid post, the Craonnelle National Necropolis contains the bodies of soldiers who died for France during the battles of Chemin des Dames in 1914-1918. After the war, this cemetery was reorganized to house other combatants buried on the plateau of Californie and Casemates, or those buried in the temporary cemeteries of the first-aid posts in Flanders, at Oulches, Vassogne, Jumigny, Craonne, and Moulin de Vauclair.