Commonwealth War Graves Amiens

St. Pierre Cemetery contains 676 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 82 from the Second World War.

There was heavy fighting in and around Amiens when the Germans broke through the Somme line and took the town on 18 May 1940. Much damage was done, but although all the houses to the west of the cathedral were completely destroyed by the bombardment, the cathedral itself and the church of St. Germain l'Ecossais survived.

Amiens was retaken by the British Second Army on 31 August 1944. Nos. 25 and 121 General Hospitals were posted there in October 1944, remaining until April 1945.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Commonwealth War Graves Commission