Commonwealth War Graves St. Venant

During the 1939-45 War, St. Venant was the centre of heavy fighting when delaying actions covered the withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force to the coast. In fact British troops continued fighting at St. Venant after the evacuation of Dunkirk and 90 or more were buried in a mass grave in a field at St. Venant.

On St. Venant Communal Cemetery are 253 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war, 10 of which are unidentified and 177 of the 1939-1945 war, 40 of which are unidentified, in this site. The 1939-45 total includes the 90 originally buried in a mass grave and an officer who is commemorated by a special memorial inscribed "Believed to be".

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Source

• Text: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Photos: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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