Pont-de-Metz Churchyard

Historical Information (Source: CWGC)

Pont-de-Metz Churchyard contains 33 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War (13 of them unidentified), all soldiers who died in May 1940, when the Germans broke through to Ameins, in one of the many small delaying actions which helped to gain the time required for the withdrawal of British Expeditionary Force to the Channel ports. There is also one First World War burial in the cemetery. The British graves are situated in the northern corner.

 

Served with

  • United Kingdom (21)

Served in

  • Army (21)