World War Two Cemeteries - A photographic guide to the cemeteries and memorials of WW2
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • LATEST UPDATES
  • Australia
  • Belgium
    • HAINAUT
    • OOST-VLAANDEREN
    • VLAAMS-BRABANT
    • WEST-VLAANDEREN
    • OTHER BELGIAN DEPARTMENTS
    • BELGIAN NON COMMONWEALTH CEMETERIES
  • France
    • CEMETERIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
    • AISNE
    • ARDENNES
    • CALVADOS
    • EURE AND EURE-ET-LOIR
    • FINISTÈRE
    • MARNE
    • NORD
    • OISE
    • PAS DE CALAIS
    • SEINE-MARITIME
    • SOMME
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS, A - L
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS, M - Z
    • FRENCH NON COMMONWEALTH CEMETERIES
    • MEMORIALS IN FRANCE
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
  • Other Countries
  • Miscellaneous
  • Victoria Cross

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.

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Lisieux Communal Cemetery
Lisieux Communal Cemetery
Lisieux Communal Cemetery
Lisieux Communal Cemetery
Lisieux Communal Cemetery
Lisieux Communal Cemetery
Lisieux Communal Cemetery
Lisieux Communal Cemetery
Lisieux Communal Cemetery
Picture
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"

​




NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
​

rocques churchyard
St. Désir War Cemetery
le pre-d'auge churchyard


​SUPPORT US BY CLICKING ON
​THE BUTTON BELOW
​

World War One Cemeteries
​

Please ask permission if you wish to use any of our images by using the contact tab above
​
Picture
 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Picture
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Picture
Australian War Memorial
Picture
New Zealand Online Cenotaph


​​© COPYRIGHT TERENCE HEARD AND BRENT WHITTAM
​
​ 2005-2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
.​

Disclaimer


The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • LATEST UPDATES
  • Australia
  • Belgium
    • HAINAUT
    • OOST-VLAANDEREN
    • VLAAMS-BRABANT
    • WEST-VLAANDEREN
    • OTHER BELGIAN DEPARTMENTS
    • BELGIAN NON COMMONWEALTH CEMETERIES
  • France
    • CEMETERIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
    • AISNE
    • ARDENNES
    • CALVADOS
    • EURE AND EURE-ET-LOIR
    • FINISTÈRE
    • MARNE
    • NORD
    • OISE
    • PAS DE CALAIS
    • SEINE-MARITIME
    • SOMME
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS, A - L
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS, M - Z
    • FRENCH NON COMMONWEALTH CEMETERIES
    • MEMORIALS IN FRANCE
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
  • Other Countries
  • Miscellaneous
  • Victoria Cross