In former times, the cemetery was located all
around St-Pierre-St-Paul church, that is to say much closer to the center of the
town. It was only moved to the Faubourg de France
in the 18th and 19th centuries. Besides St-Roch chapel, some interesting tombs
can be found : Ernest Amas, a famous Landrecian painter, and also general
Lebrun's tomb. General Lebrun was a career soldier who was born in Landrecies in
1809 and who died in Paris in 1889. He received the Légion d'Honneur medal.
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In Landrecies cemetery you can
also find the earl of Windsorville's tomb. He was killed in the
Faubourg du Quesnoy
on August 25th 1914 with 22 other British soldiers.
He was born in 1890, was the third son of the earl of Plymouth and so was a
close relative of the Queen of England.