Grave

Grave of French soldiers at Elbląg (Elbling)

The burial place of 26 French soldiers of the Second World War, who died between 1942 and 1944, is located in the Agrykola communal cemetery of the town of Elbląg (Warmian-Masurian voivodeship). It is situated in the oldest part of the cemetery, on its main avenue, where a military plot was laid out at the end of the war for Polish, French and Italian soldiers. Three small uniform graves are aligned on a paved ground and the names and dates of death are inscribed on the tombstones. At the rear, a grey granite stele, unveiled in 2005, is placed among the fir trees, erected on the initiative of the veterans of the town of Compiègne, from which the soldiers came. Beneath an engraving of Marianne, one can read in silver letters the following inscription, in French then in Polish: "The veterans of Compiègne to their comrades who DIED FOR FRANCE. Town of Compiègne. Oise-Elbląg Association." All the military graves of the cemetery were renovated in 2005.

← Back to places of remembrance

Loading...
Back to top