Rossignol Wood Cemetery
Rossignol Wood (French Bois de Rossignol, or "Nightingale Wood") is a forest northeast of Hébuterne, France. It is the site of a small World War I cemetery.
Village[]
Bois de Rossignol is also a small village known for Le Petit Chancon, a small tavern rated in one undated Guide Michelin with three crossed spoons and forks, and one star. The tavern was mentioned in Gerald Durrell's story "The Michelin Man" in his autobiographical book The Picnic And Suchlike Pandemonium.[1]
References[]
- ^ Durrell, Gerald (1979). The Michelin Man (Microsoft Word 97-2003 document). The Picnic And Suchlike Pandemonium. Collins. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
External links[]
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission site
- http://www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/somme/gommecourt.html
- Rossignol Wood Cemetery at Find a Grave
Coordinates: 50°07′47″N 2°39′56″E / 50.1296°N 2.6655°E
Categories:
- World War I cemeteries in France
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in France
- France stubs
- Military history stubs
- European cemetery stubs
- French building and structure stubs