Vaag Cemetery

• Country Faroe Islands
• Total identified casualties 0 Find these casualties
• Identified casualties from Second World War
• GPS Coordinates Latitude: 61.472942, Longitude: -6.819355

Location information

In the cemetery at Vaag, on Sudero, the southernmost island of the group, is buried near the bottom wall of the cemetery 1 unknown British merchant seaman.

History information

A small force of Commonwealth troops was sent to the Faroes in April 1940 to guard against a possible German invasion following their occupation of Denmark. Although no invasion was attempted, the islands suffered a number of raids from the Luftwaffe in 1941 and 1942. The garrison, which at its peak numbered 6,000, was greatly reduced in April 1944.