German War Cemetery Selvigny

This cemetery was established in April 1917 by the German troops and is therefore a ''Kriegsgräberstätte''. It was initially established to bury the deceased wounded from the field lazarets. The last burials by German troops took place between 30 September and 5 October 1918. Most of the fallen fell during the fighting near Cambrai in November 1917 and the German spring offensive of March 1918.

After the war, the cemetery was extended by the French military administration to include fallen German soldiers from 31 municipalities within a 45-km radius.

A total of 3,394 casualties from World War I lie buried there, 1,380 of them in a mass grave, of which only 70 have been identified.

There are 10 headstones for the fallen of Jewish origin.

Like almost all German cemeteries, there is a large cross.

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Source

• Text: Francky de Rous
• Photos: Francky de Rous