Hermanville British war cemetery

Hermanville British war cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Hermanville British war cemetery
Used for those deceased 1944
Established 1944
Location Coordinates: 49°17′09″N 0°18′32″W / 49.2858°N 0.3090°W / 49.2858; -0.3090
near Hermanville-sur-Mer, Calvados, France
Designed by Philip D. Hepworth
Total burials 1,003
Unknown burials 103
Burials by nation
Burials by war
Statistics source:

Hermanville British war cemetery is a British Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located 13 km north of Caen, Normandy. The cemetery contains 1,003 commonwealth war graves.[1]

History

Originally called Sword Beach Cemetery due to its close proximity to Sword Beach, Hermanville British war cemetery was set up shortly after the landings. It contains many soldiers of the 3rd Division who stormed the beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944, and then pushed on towards Caen.

The cemetery also contains a large number of naval and marine commando casualties, as well as graves moved to the cemetery from Operation Goodwood in July and from the fighting to close the Falaise Gap in August 1944.

Location

The cemetery is in the commune of Hermanville-sur-Mer on Rue du Cimetière Anglais (off the D.60).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cemetery". www.cwgc.org.

Further reading

  • Shilleto, Carl, and Tolhurst, Mike (2008). "A Traveler’s Guide to D-Day and the Battle of Normandy". Northampton, Mass.: Interlink. ISBN 1-56656-555-3
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