French Wargraves Villeurbanne

Of the 6,359 French casualties, 3,622 died during World War I in Lyon hospitals or were transferred from military plots in municipal cemeteries.
200 North African soldiers who fell in the First World War lie in plot C.

The 2,723 French casualties of World War II were transferred from military plots in municipal cemeteries in the regions of Ain, Jura, Côte d’Or, Saône et Loire, Rhône, Loire, Allier, Haute-Loire, Cantal, Puy-de-Dôme, Drôme, Haute-Alpes, Savoie, Haute-Savoie, and Isère. They are buried in various plots.

Five died in Indochina, seven during the conflict in Algeria, and one in Lebanon.

On the 30th March 1974, Father Benoit Henri Galdin, who died on the 14 December 1968, was exceptionally buried in plot H, row 1, grave 16. He earned this burial for saving Jewish citizens from deportation during World War II and for providing aid to bombing victims along with the Red Cross. He also informed Cardinal Pierre-Marie Gerlier of the massacre at Fort de Côte-Lorette, where 120 prisoners from Montluc prison were executed. After the war, he participated in the excavation of mass graves in the Lyon region, including that of La Doua.

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Source

• Text: Traces of War
• Photos: Francky de Rous