Les_Gateys_National_Cemetery
Les Gateys National Cemetery
National necropolis in Orne, France
Les Gateys National Cemetery (also called Les Gateys National Necropolis (French: Nécropole Nationale des Gateys)) is a Second World War French military war grave cemetery, located close to the village of Saint-Nicolas-des-Bois and 5.5 km (3.4 mi) north-west of Alençon in the Orne, Normandy, France. It contains the graves of 19 French soldiers from the 2nd Armoured Division that died during the Battle of Alençon in August 1944.[1]