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Ossuaire Masnou

Type

Ossuary

Location

Ömer Kaptan Tepesi (Cote 236), north of Eski Hisarlık

Period

1919 – c. 1923

Inscription

GLOIRE À NOTRE FRANCE ÉTERNELLE
GLOIRE À CEUX QUI SONT MORTS POUR ELLE
AUX MARTYRS AUX VAILLANTS AUX FORTS!
A CEUX QU’ENFLAMME LEUR EXEMPLE
QUI VEULENT PLACE DANS LE TEMPLE
ET QUI MOURRONT COMME ILS SONT MORTS
VICTOR HUGO

Notes

Named after General Masnou.

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Highlighted left to right, Masnou ossuary, 1st Division cemetery, Ganeval ossuary. AWM P02757.612, Skew Bridge Cemetery.
Highlighted left to right, ossuary Masnou, 1st Division cemetery, ossuary Ganeval. AWM P02757.623, Skew Bridge Cemetery.