Château Thierry
Location
Château-Thierry is a town 40 kilometres south of Soissons. The cemetery is located on the right hand side of the N37 on entering the town from Soissons (named on sign "Cimetière Militaire de Château-Thierry).
There is a small amount of parking space available on your right as you come down the hill immediately before the cemetery.
Historical Information
Château-Thierry French National Cemetery contains the graves of more than 2 000 French soldiers
Amongst them are those of nine Commonwealth servicemen (including two unidentified), who died in September 1914 and May 1918, and one British Red Cross man attached to the French Army.
Three of these graves were brought in after the Armistice, two from Belleau French Military Cemetery, and one is represented by a special memorial.
To the rear of the French Cemetery you will see this fine memorial to a fallen French Soldier slowly being covered by the falling snow. It was created by a local sculptor Achille Jacopin in 1916.
Gunner William Robinson 130300
1st/1st North Midland Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died on 28 May 1918 aged 33
Son of William and Alice Robinson, of West St, Marlow, Bucks
husband of Lily Kate Robinson, of West View, Lion Lane, Haslemere.
Grave: 505
Private Arthur Pilkington 23976
9th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died on 28 May 1918 aged 20
Son of William and Margaret Pilkington, of 25, Bury Lane, Withnell, Chorley, Lancs
Grave: 505
Driver George Gordon 771747
50th Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery
Died on 28 May 1918 aged 36
Grave: 505
Gunner O R Hart 374692
119th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died on 28 May 1918 aged 30
Grave: 506
Driver J Ellis
No 4 Section Sanitaire Anglais, British Red Cross
Died on 23 October 1918
Grave: 537
Serjeant Fred Nuth SE/13769
Army Veterinary Corps
Died on 29 May 1918
Special Memorial
Unfortunately I managed to miss the grave of the other soldier:
Trooper Arthur Walton 5736
2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
Who died on 10 September 1914
Grave: 612