German Cemetery Channel Islands

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The cemetery once located at Saint Brelades Church, in 1943 the Dutch cargo ship SS Schokland foundered close to the southern shore of Jersey CI, with 200-250 soldiers on board going on leave to Saint Malo.

The 221 graves were moved in 1960 , by the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgraberfursorge and re-buried in the Military Cemetery, Mont de Huisnes, Manche,France.

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German General Visits The Cemetery In 1941

General Otto von Stulpnagel, held the post of Supreme Commander in France from 1940 to to 1942

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Firing Party

Firing Party fires a volley

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Graves

This picture taken in 1945

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June 1943 Two RAF Officers Buried

Two RAF Officers were recoverd from the sea, and given a military funeral