Cimetière Militaire Allemand de Wicres-Village

The "Wicres Village" German Military Cemetery is one of two WWI military cemeteries in the commune of Wicres, located to the south of the village, not far from the church and the communal cemetery. The second is the German military cemetery on the Route de La Bassée.


In this vast, rectangular cemetery covering more than 3 hectares, 2,824 German soldiers lie in individual graves, 128 of them unidentified.


Occupied by German troops from the end of August 1914, the village of Wicres...