NEUFCHÂTEAU COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Vosges
France
Location Information
Neufchâteau is a town and commune 36 miles (58 kilometres) north-west of Epinal, and 58 miles (92 kilometres) east of St. Die. The town is at the junction of the main roads from Chaumont and Nancy. It is a place of importance and a centre of road and rail communications on the main Paris-Chaumont-Mirecourt line. The communal cemetery is on the north-east side of the town, at the end of a by-road which lies east of the road leading to Chatenois. The Commonwealth graves are in the French National Cemetery.
Historical Information
The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk. Commonwealth forces did not return until September 1944, but in the intervening years, many airmen were shot down or crashed in raids on strategic objectives in Belgium, or while returning from missions over Germany.
Neufchâteau Communal Cemetery contains nine burials of the Second World War, 4 are unidentified.
Pictures used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Neufchâteau is a town and commune 36 miles (58 kilometres) north-west of Epinal, and 58 miles (92 kilometres) east of St. Die. The town is at the junction of the main roads from Chaumont and Nancy. It is a place of importance and a centre of road and rail communications on the main Paris-Chaumont-Mirecourt line. The communal cemetery is on the north-east side of the town, at the end of a by-road which lies east of the road leading to Chatenois. The Commonwealth graves are in the French National Cemetery.
Historical Information
The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk. Commonwealth forces did not return until September 1944, but in the intervening years, many airmen were shot down or crashed in raids on strategic objectives in Belgium, or while returning from missions over Germany.
Neufchâteau Communal Cemetery contains nine burials of the Second World War, 4 are unidentified.
Pictures used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
