Grove Town Cemetery Méaulte

Gallery Location Quiz Nearby Places Localisation Histoire Caractéristique Liens internes

Le Grove Town British Cemetery Méaulte'' (Cimetière militaire britannique de Grove Town ) est un cimetière militaire de la Première Guerre mondiale, situé sur le territoire de la commune de Méaulte, dans le département de la Somme, au nord-est d'Amiens.

Gallery

Location

Nearby Places

811 m

Albert–Picardie Airport

Albert–Picardie Airport, sometimes referred to as Albert–Picardy Airport, is an airport serving Albert, a commune of the Somme department in the Picardy region of northern France. The airport is located 4 km southeast of Albert, in Bray-sur-Somme. It is primarily used for the transportation of Airbus aircraft parts from the company's factory at Méaulte nearby. The airport's runway is large enough to accommodate Airbus' Beluga, a large cargo aircraft used to courier parts used in the construction of its own commercial jets. The airport is also home to a flying club, which has a number of light aircraft based at the airfield; and to a society engaging in historic aircraft. The British low-cost carrier Jet2.com announced and then cancelled a twice-weekly service to the Somme using this airport; flights were to start in April 2009. On 28 January 2012, plans were unveiled to launch a twice-weekly service to Blackpool International Airport with Danish Air Transport using ATR 72s, however before the flights started, the route was cancelled. At the end of 2013, a service to Toulouse, Dole and Nice was introduced under the "IGAvion" brand. The flights were operated by Skytaxi with Saab 340 aircraft.

Airport

Méaulte

Méaulte is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Neighbourhood

Citadel New Military Cemetery

The Citadel New Military Cemetery is a military cemetery located in the Somme region of France commemorating British and Commonwealth soldiers who fought in World War I. It contains mainly burials made by field ambulances before the Battle of the Somme, although it was also used by some units in the final months of the war. The cemetery is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Cemetery Historic Site

Bécordel-Bécourt

Bécordel-Bécourt is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Neighbourhood

Bray Military Cemetery

The Bray Military Cemetery is a military cemetery located in the Somme region of France commemorating British and Commonwealth soldiers who fought in the Battle of the Somme in World War I. The cemetery contains mainly those who died from April to March 1916 and in August 1918 near the village of Bray-sur-Somme and over the course of the war in the surrounding area.

Cemetery Historic Site

More nearby places... Discovery

Localisation

Ce cimetière militaire est situé en pleine campagne au sud-est à 1,5 km du village de Méaulte, en bordure de la piste de l'aéroport. Pour y accéder plus facilement, il faut partir de Bray-sur-Somme et emprunter vers le nord plusieurs chemins vicinaux sur environ 3 km.

Histoire

Ce cimetière a été commencé en septembre 1916, par les groupes d'évacuation des blessés établis à cet endroit, connu des troupes sous le nom de Grove Town, pour inhumer les victimes de la bataille de la Somme. Ce cimetière de Grove Town comporte 1 395 sépultures de la Première Guerre mondiale, parmi ceux-ci, seuls 4 sont non identifiés: ceci vient du fait qu'à cet endroit on ne soignait que des blessés qui arrivaient du front et dont l'identité était connue.