Monument Details

Rimaucourt Hospital (Base Hospital 52) and Cemetery Memorial

Details:

The monument is located between D674 and a small rest area located on the north side of D674. If you are facing the monument, D674 and several pine trees are visible in the immediate background.�

Monument

The Rimaucourt Hospital and Cemetery Memorial is a black and brown granite tablet that rests on a black granite base at the end of a stone walkway. It is flanked by two flagpoles with an American and French flag. The moment also features the logo of Le Souvenir Fran�ais in the upper left hand corner. The front of the monument features gold lettering that describes (in French) the importance of the location as an American military hospital and cemetery.�

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The hospital located at this place was known as Army Base Hospital Number 52. �This hospital was one of the largest "hospital centers," the technical name for a grouping of base hospitals. Although the hospital at Rimaucourt was originally meant to have only 2000 beds, it grew into the 5000 bed hospital center that is memorialized by this monument today.�

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AEF Cemetery # 92 was located in Rimaucourt during WW1.

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Source of information:

https://achh.army.mil/history/book-wwi-fieldoperations-chapter19

https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2018/11/RG-92-Maps-of-Temporary-American-Grave-Sites-Overseas-WWI.pdf

Monument Text:

"En ce lieu a �t� �rig� un h�pital am�ricain

de 5000 lits et une cimeti�re o� furent

inhum�s 334 soldats am�ricains

de 1917 � 1922.

Morts pour la libert�.

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English Translation:

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"On this spot there was an American hospital

of 5000 beds and a cemetery where

334 American soldiers were interred

from 1917 to 1922.

They died for our freedom."

Commemorates:

Units:

American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)

Base Hospital 52

Services of Supply (AEF)

United States Army

US Army Medical Corps

Wars:

WWI

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