SOHIER (FROIDLIEU) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Luxembourg
Belgium
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.08714, Longitude: 5.06874
Location Information
Froidlieu is a small village administered by the commune of Sohier, in the province of Luxembourg. It lies 27 kilometers south-south-east of Dinant, and 500 meters north of the Dinant-Beauraing road. This very small cemetery is 182 meters north-east of the church. From the church travel north east on Rue Alphonse Detal and just as you leave the village there is a narrow lane to the left. At the junction the Commission’s War Graves sign can be seen. Turn left (into what appears to be a private drive) then immediately right and you are on the lane to the cemetery which is 100m from the junction.
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.
Sohier (Froidlieu) Communal Cemetery contains the grave of one airman of the Second World War.
Pictures below © André De Smet
Froidlieu is a small village administered by the commune of Sohier, in the province of Luxembourg. It lies 27 kilometers south-south-east of Dinant, and 500 meters north of the Dinant-Beauraing road. This very small cemetery is 182 meters north-east of the church. From the church travel north east on Rue Alphonse Detal and just as you leave the village there is a narrow lane to the left. At the junction the Commission’s War Graves sign can be seen. Turn left (into what appears to be a private drive) then immediately right and you are on the lane to the cemetery which is 100m from the junction.
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.
Sohier (Froidlieu) Communal Cemetery contains the grave of one airman of the Second World War.
Pictures below © André De Smet
R/113191 Flight Sergeant
Lester Kenneth Plank, D. C. M.
Navigator in 420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
17th April 1943, aged 21.
Son of Fred W. and Mabelle Edna Plank, of Bluffton, Alberta, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This. He Gave His Life"
Lester Kenneth Plank, D. C. M.
Navigator in 420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
17th April 1943, aged 21.
Son of Fred W. and Mabelle Edna Plank, of Bluffton, Alberta, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This. He Gave His Life"
Pictures below © Johan Pauwels
