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 | Date of Death | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Private | WILLIAM | ARMITAGE | 20 | Wednesday, 07 June 1944 | ||
Private | FRANCIS THOMAS | CHAMPION | 21 | Monday, 03 July 1944 | ||
Private | KENNETH GEORGE | COULSTON | 24 | Wednesday, 07 June 1944 | ||
Private | JOHN COPELAND | FALCONER | 28 | Sunday, 09 July 1944 | ||
Private | WILLIAM | GANNON | 20 | Tuesday, 13 June 1944 | ||
Private | JOHN WILLIAM AMOUR | HALL | 28 | Thursday, 29 June 1944 | ||
Private | EDWARD | LANG | 25 | Wednesday, 07 June 1944 | ||
Private | ROBERT | McKECHNIE | 25 | Tuesday, 11 July 1944 | ||
Lieutenant | JONN EDWARD | RAINES | 21 | Wednesday, 05 July 1944 | ||
Private | GEOFFREY GRAHAM | WARD | 25 | Saturday, 24 June 1944 |