Jerusalem British war cemetery (Normandy)

Jerusalem British war cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Jerusalem British war cemetery
Used for those deceased 1944
Established 1944
Location 49°12′36″N 0°39′07″W / 49.2101°N 0.6519°W / 49.2101; -0.6519Coordinates: 49°12′36″N 0°39′07″W / 49.2101°N 0.6519°W / 49.2101; -0.6519
near Chouain, Calvados, France
Designed by Philip D. Hepworth
Total burials 47
Unknown burials 1
Burials by nation
Burials by war
Statistics source:

Jerusalem British war cemetery is the smallest British Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in Normandy, France. It located located between Bayeux and Tilly-sur-Seulles, close to the commune of Chouain. The cemetery contains 46 Commonwealth war graves, 1 Czech grave, and 1 unknown British grave.[1]

History

The majority of the soldiers interred in the cemetery were killed in 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.

The graveyard has two chaplains interred in it; Reverend Cecil James Hawksworth and Reverend Gerard Nesbit and the grave of the youngest British soldier killed in Normandy, 16-year-old Private Jack Banks of the Durham Light Infantry.

This cemetery was the first Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in France to have a Cross of Sacrifice erected.

Location

The cemetery is on the D.6, 9 kilometres south-east of Bayeux, close to the commune of Choain.

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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