LISIEUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Calvados
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.14167, Longitude: 0.24619
Location Information
Lisieux is a town 43 kilometres east of Caen and 40 kilometres south of Le Havre.
From Lisieux take the road to Paris. 400 metres past the Basilique the communal cemetery will be found on the right hand side. The Commonwealth War Graves Plot is in Section A (Ter.2) Allee No.2.
Historical Information
The town of Lisieux, was two-thirds destroyed by the bombardment of June 6th-7th, 1944.
There are 12 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, 1 of which is unidentified.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 9, Canada 1, New Zealand 1. Total 11.
Lisieux is a town 43 kilometres east of Caen and 40 kilometres south of Le Havre.
From Lisieux take the road to Paris. 400 metres past the Basilique the communal cemetery will be found on the right hand side. The Commonwealth War Graves Plot is in Section A (Ter.2) Allee No.2.
Historical Information
The town of Lisieux, was two-thirds destroyed by the bombardment of June 6th-7th, 1944.
There are 12 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, 1 of which is unidentified.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 9, Canada 1, New Zealand 1. Total 11.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
J/14801 Flying Officer
Harold Allen Nelson Kitchen
196 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
17th September 1943, aged 23.
Son of Harold William and Edna Jane Kitchen; husband of Elizabeth Clark Kitchen, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "There Is A Link Death Cannot Sever, Love And Remembrance Last For Ever"
Harold Allen Nelson Kitchen
196 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
17th September 1943, aged 23.
Son of Harold William and Edna Jane Kitchen; husband of Elizabeth Clark Kitchen, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "There Is A Link Death Cannot Sever, Love And Remembrance Last For Ever"
