Ryes British war cemetery

Ryes British war cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Ryes British war cemetery
Used for those deceased 1944
Established 1944
Location 49°18′01″N 0°36′03″W / 49.3002°N 0.6008°W / 49.3002; -0.6008Coordinates: 49°18′01″N 0°36′03″W / 49.3002°N 0.6008°W / 49.3002; -0.6008
near Bazenville, Calvados, France
Designed by Philip D. Hepworth
Total burials 979
Unknown burials 67
Burials by nation
Burials by war
Statistics source:

Ryes British war cemetery is a British Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located 8 km east of Bayeux, Normandy. The cemetery is actually closer to the commune of Bazenville than Ryes. The graveyard contains 653 Commonwealth war graves, one Polish and 335 German war graves. The cemetery is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[1]

History

The cemetery lies close to the town of Arromanches and the first interments in the cemetery were made two days after the initial D-Day landings. A large proportion of the soldiers buried here are from the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division that landed on Gold Beach. The cemetery also contains a large number of Royal Navy and merchant navy sailors.

Two brothers, Private Joseph Casson (Durham Light Infantry) and Marine Robert Casson (45 Commando) are buried beside each other in the graveyard.[2]

Photographs

Location

The cemetery is 8 km east of Bayeux, close to Bazenville on the D.87.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE". www.cwgc.org.
  2. ↑ "Joseph and Robert Casson, two Whitehaven brothers in the Battle of Normandy". BBC.

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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