Hottot-les-Bagues British war cemetery

Hottot-les-Bagues British war cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Hottot-les-Bagues British war cemetery
Used for those deceased 1944
Established 1944
Location 49°09′39″N 0°37′35″W / 49.1608°N 0.6264°W / 49.1608; -0.6264Coordinates: 49°09′39″N 0°37′35″W / 49.1608°N 0.6264°W / 49.1608; -0.6264
near Hottot-les-Bagues, Calvados, France
Designed by Philip D. Hepworth
Total burials 1,005
Unknown burials 56
Burials by nation
Burials by war
Statistics source:

Hottot-les-Bagues British war cemetery is a British Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located 15 km south-west of Bayeux, Normandy. The cemetery contains 1,005 commonwealth war graves and 132 German war graves.[1]

History

The majority of the soldiers interred in the cemetery were killed in late June and July 1944 as the Allies pushed south of Bayeux and then south-west to encircle Caen. Many casualties were involved in fighting around Tilly-sur-Seulles.

Two brigadiers are interred in the cemetery; John Roland Mackintosh-Walker of the Seaforth Highlanders and James Hargest from the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.

Location

The cemetery is 14 km south-east of Bayeux, between Hottot-les-Bagues and Juvigny-sur-Seulles on the D.9 road.

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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