HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
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Hermanville War Cemetery is a 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.
near Hermanville-sur-Mer, Calvados, France
Description courtesy of Wikipedia
Grave Marker | RANK | First Name | Surname | AGE | Memorial/Cemetery location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Private | WILLIAM | ARMITAGE | 20 | HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | FRANCIS THOMAS | CHAMPION | 21 | HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | KENNETH GEORGE | COULSTON | 24 | HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | JOHN COPELAND | FALCONER | 28 | HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | WILLIAM | GANNON | 20 | HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | JOHN WILLIAM AMOUR | HALL | 28 | HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | EDWARD | LANG | 25 | HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | ROBERT | McKECHNIE | 25 | HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY | |
Lieutenant | JONN EDWARD | RAINES | 21 | HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | GEOFFREY GRAHAM | WARD | 25 | HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY |