Commonwealth Wargraves Villeurbanne
39 Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, mainly aircrew, are commemorated here. They were initially buried among French military casualties in the Lyon (La Guillotiere) New Communal Cemetery, but were transferred here after the cemetery opened in 1953.
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Source
- Text: Francky De Rous
- Photos: Francky de Rous
Nearby
Museum
- Resistance and Deportation History Centre Lyon - Lyon
- Henri Malartre Motor Museum - Rochetaillée-sur-Saône
Point of interest
Monument
- Execution Area La Doua Lyon - Lyon
- World War II Memorial Gendron - Villeurbanne
- Memorial Roger Lenoir - Villeurbanne
Cemetery
- French War Cemetery la Doua - Lyon
- French Wargraves Villeurbanne - Villeurbanne
- Allied Honorary Plot Villeurbanne - Villeurbanne
Remembrance Stone
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