HEN CHURCHYARD
Ørjatun
Norway
Location Information
Hen is a village at the head of the Romsdalsfjord near Andalsnes. From Andalsnes follow the road 64 towards Molde. The white church can be seen on the right after rounding the fjord. Turn right towards Grovdal and follow the road through the village to the church. The graves are in the southern part of Hen Churchyard. (NB: there are no signs for Hen).
History Information
During the Second World War, Norway was of strategic importance to the Germans. Their invasion on 9 April 1940 was sudden and widespread and despite Allied intervention, the entire country was under German occupation by early June. Thereafter, Allied activity in Norway was confined to raids and special operations, with the Commonwealth air forces providing support to Norwegian resistance groups until the German capitulation in May 1945. There are no Commonwealth war cemeteries in Norway, those who died there being buried in civil cemeteries and churchyards. Hen Churchyard contains three Commonwealth burials, two of them unidentified.
Burial Details
4388196 Private Joseph Gibson Mann, 1st Bn. Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment), died 1st May 1940. Husband of Agnes Annie Mann.
INSCRIPTION. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND. ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY HIS WIFE AND SONS
Pictures © Åge Jakobsen
Hen is a village at the head of the Romsdalsfjord near Andalsnes. From Andalsnes follow the road 64 towards Molde. The white church can be seen on the right after rounding the fjord. Turn right towards Grovdal and follow the road through the village to the church. The graves are in the southern part of Hen Churchyard. (NB: there are no signs for Hen).
History Information
During the Second World War, Norway was of strategic importance to the Germans. Their invasion on 9 April 1940 was sudden and widespread and despite Allied intervention, the entire country was under German occupation by early June. Thereafter, Allied activity in Norway was confined to raids and special operations, with the Commonwealth air forces providing support to Norwegian resistance groups until the German capitulation in May 1945. There are no Commonwealth war cemeteries in Norway, those who died there being buried in civil cemeteries and churchyards. Hen Churchyard contains three Commonwealth burials, two of them unidentified.
Burial Details
4388196 Private Joseph Gibson Mann, 1st Bn. Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment), died 1st May 1940. Husband of Agnes Annie Mann.
INSCRIPTION. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND. ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY HIS WIFE AND SONS
Pictures © Åge Jakobsen
