L'ÎLE-D'YEU (PORT JOINVILLE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Vendée
France
Location Information
The Île-d'Yeu is a small island, about 8 kilometres long some 23 kilometres south of the Île de Noirmoutier. Port Joinville is the village with a harbour where the ferry lands. The communal cemetery is south of the village on the right-hand side of the road to Port-de-la-Meule, and along the right-hand wall from the main gate are the graves of eight British soldiers (one of whom is not identified) and of three airmen of the Royal Air Force, four of the Royal New Zealand Air Force and one of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Seven of the airmen are buried in a collective grave, marked by one upright headstone and seven recumbent slabs.
Historical Information
There are 16 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-45 war here, 1 of which is unidentified. Seven of the airmen are buried in a collective grave, marked by one upright headstone and seven recumbent slabs.
The Île-d'Yeu is a small island, about 8 kilometres long some 23 kilometres south of the Île de Noirmoutier. Port Joinville is the village with a harbour where the ferry lands. The communal cemetery is south of the village on the right-hand side of the road to Port-de-la-Meule, and along the right-hand wall from the main gate are the graves of eight British soldiers (one of whom is not identified) and of three airmen of the Royal Air Force, four of the Royal New Zealand Air Force and one of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Seven of the airmen are buried in a collective grave, marked by one upright headstone and seven recumbent slabs.
Historical Information
There are 16 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-45 war here, 1 of which is unidentified. Seven of the airmen are buried in a collective grave, marked by one upright headstone and seven recumbent slabs.
Picture © CWGC
