PERRUSE CHATEAU FRANCO BRITISH 
NATIONAL CEMETERY

UK - 142
French - 67
CEF - 4
AIF - 2
SA - 1
USA - 1

HISTORY

This cemetery stands in a beautiful situation in the grounds of the Chateau not far from La Ferte Sous Jouarre. It contains 67 French graves of 1918, 142 United Kingdom, 4 Canadian 2 Australian, 1 South African and 1 American; the British graves were all brought in from the battlefields, and 24 are unnamed. The Chateau was used by French medical units throughout the War and its owner, Mme. Dumez, presented the site of the Cemetery to the French Government and maintains it. There are also 16 WW2 graves here; mainly RAF.

LOCATION

This cemetery is situated within the grounds of the Chateau of Perreuse, Signy Pereuse, a hamlet of Signy-Signets, which is 7 kilometres south-west of the town of La Ferte Sous-Jouarre, and 60 kilometres east of Paris. Taking the Paris-Reims motorway (A4), leave at Junction 19, marked "La Ferte Sous-Jouarre/Montreuil Aux Lions". Turn first right and after 1 kilometre turn right again onto the N3 road. Following the signs for La Ferte Sous-Jourre, pass through the village of Becart and follow the signs for "Centre Ville": crossing over the River Marne with the two Royal Engineer Memorials on the right of the bridge, and the Memorial to The Missing on the left (approximately 9 kilometres from the motorway). At the roundabout in front of the Memorial, turn right towards Meaux and then first left onto the D402, towards the town of "Jouarre". Take the second right turn (at the first CWGC road sign) and then turn right again along the D114P (at the second CWGC road sign) towards Signy-Signets. Pass through the village of Les Corbiers and turn left (at the third CWGC road sign), and then take the first right turn (fourth CWGC road sign) and follow this road for 500 metres until you arrive at the fifth CWGC road sign, which is pointing down a track to the left of the road. The cemetery is situated at the end of this track (300 metres) on the left hand side.