Mont-Huon Military Cemetery

Mont-Huon Military Cemetery
Mont-Huon Military Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
	Used for those deceased 1917–19, 1940
Location	50°02′46″N 1°21′54″E; near Le Tréport, Somme
Designed by	Sir Reginald Blomfield
Total burials	Over 2,300
Unknowns	0
Burials by nation
	Allied – 2,134; Germany – over 200;
Burials by war
	First World War – 2,128 (Allied) ; Second World War – 7 (Allied)
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Mont-Huon Military Cemetery ^[2] is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery close to Le Tréport, north-west of Dieppe on the north-west coast of France. The cemetery holds over 2,300 dead from both World War I and World War II.^[1]

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Le Tréport was the scene of much Allied activity during World War I due to its proximity to the front line, it had ready access to England and was chosen to establish a hospital where the Trianon Grand Hotel^[3] was put into service to provide 500 beds. The local civilian cemetery quickly became over-crowded and the first military cemetery also become over-crowded, requiring the establishment of Mont-Huon in the summer of 1917.

The Second World War saw the reopening of the cemetery to cope with the casualties of that war. Seven^[1] men are buried in Mont-Huon Military Cemetery from World War II, in two separate sections.

The slight discrepancy (by one) in the number of Allied burials (WW1=2,128 & WW2=7; total = 2,135 v 2,134^[1]) is because there is one non-combatant buried in Mont-Huon. Mrs Gertrude Chambers, who died 1 December 1918 aged 27 is interred in Mont-Huon. Her headstone reads "Had he asked us we would say God we love her let her stay".

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Designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield, Mont-Huon Military Cemetery contains the remains of soldiers from the Allies and Germany.^[1]

In total, the cemetery contains 2,349^[3] burials of which over 200 are German burials.