Lives of the First World War

Buzancy Military Cemetery, Aisne, France. - Buzancy was reached (though not held) by the 1st American Division on the 21st July, 1918, after an advance begun on the 18th. It was attacked by the 15th (Scottish) and 34th Divisions on the 23rd July, and taken on the 28th. On the main Soissons-Chateau Thierry road, South-West of the village, is the American Memorial; and within the cemetery is the 15th Division Memorial, put up by the Engineers of the French 17th Division in August, 1918. The Military Cemetery was made by the 15th Division, beside a French Military Cemetery from which the graves have been removed to Ambleny; and the original graves (in Plot I, Rows A-C) contain 96 burials. After the Armistice, graves were brought in from the surrounding battlefields. There are now over 300, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 70 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to nine soldiers believed to be buried among them.

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