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On Communal Cemetery

  • Country Belgium
  • Total identified casualties 1 Find these casualties
  • Region Luxembourg
  • Identified casualties from Second World War
  • GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.1723, Longitude: 5.29136
ON COMMUNAL CEMETERY - CWGC
ON COMMUNAL CEMETERY - CWGC

Location information

On is a village and commune 8 kilometres south-south-west of Marche, astride the main road to Rochefort. The cemetery is on the eastern outskirts of On, on the road to Ambly. The Commonwealth grave is close to the village war memorial in the centre of the cemetery.

History information

The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk. Commonwealth forces did not return until September 1944, but in the intervening years, many airmen were shot down or crashed in raids on strategic objectives in Belgium, or while returning from missions over Germany. On Communal Cemetery contains one burial of the Second World War.