If approaching Rouen from the north, head for the centre of town and cross over the river Seine, following signs for Caen. Follow this route until you get to the Rond Point des Bruyeres roundabout next to the football stadium , then take the first exit into the Boulevard Stanislas Girardin. The cemetery is metres down this road on the left. If approaching Rouen from the south, follow the D Avenue des Canadiens towards the centre of town.
At the Rond Point des Bruyeres roundabout next to the football stadium , take the fourth exit into the Boulevard Stanislas Girardin. If arriving on foot, the easiest option is to take the Metro to the stop Charles De Gaulle in the Petit-Quevilly area and then walk east along the Boulevard Stanislas Girandin. During the First World War, Commonwealth camps and hospitals were stationed on the southern outskirts of Rouen.
A base supply depot and the 3rd Echelon of General Headquarters were also established in the city. Almost all the hospitals at Rouen remained there for practically the whole of the war. They included eight general, five stationary, one British Red Cross, one labour hospital, and No. A number of the dead from these hospitals were buried in other cemeteries, but the great majority were taken to the city cemetery of St.
In September , it was found necessary to begin an extension, where the last burial took place in April During the Second World War, Rouen was again a hospital centre and the extension was used once more for the burial of Commonwealth servicemen, many of whom died as prisoners of war during the German occupation.
There are also 8 Foreign National burials here. The extension was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. Braithwaite of Auckland, New Zealand. Braithwaite had arrived with his unit in France in April He soon became a problem soldier with the sentences slowly mounting in severity.
