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LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
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La Délivrande war cemetery is a Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located 14 km (8.7 mi) north of Caen, Normandy. The cemetery contains 943 commonwealth war graves and 180 German war graves. The majority of the soldiers interred in the cemetery were killed on D-Day, 6 June 1944 and the following weeks as the Allies advanced south towards Caen. There are a number of burials of soldiers killed on Sword Beach – especially from the sectors Oboe and Peter.
49.2902°N 0.3771°W
near Douvres-la-Délivrande, Calvados, France
Description courtesy of Wikipedia
Grave Marker | RANK | First Name | Surname | AGE | Date of Death | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Private | ROBERT TURNBULL | ARMSTRONG | 20 | Friday, 09 June 1944 | ||
Warrant Officer Class II | JOHN | ATKINSON | 32 | Wednesday, 21 June 1944 | ||
Private | ANDREW | BELL | 28 | Monday, 12 June 1944 | ||
Private | ROBERT MOFFAT | BELL | 28 | Monday, 12 June 1944 | ||
Lance Corporal | ROBERT | BLYTH | 21 | Wednesday, 19 July 1944 | ||
Corporal | WILLIAM R. | CAMERON | 28 | Wednesday, 19 July 1944 | ||
Private | DAVID BEATTIE | CLABBY | 24 | Wednesday, 21 June 1944 | ||
Private | ERNEST | CRAMPTON | 30 | Sunday, 09 July 1944 | ||
Private | ROBERT | CUNNINGHAM | 24 | Wednesday, 21 June 1944 | ||
Private | JAMES | DAVIDSON | 18 | Sunday, 09 July 1944 | ||
Private | JAMES MCDONALD | DAVIDSON | 21 | Thursday, 15 June 1944 | ||
Private | DAVID | DONALDSON | 26 | Wednesday, 21 June 1944 | ||
Corporal | EWEN ROBERTSON | EMSLIE | 25 | Monday, 24 July 1944 | ||
Lance Serjeant | PETER | GAVAGHAN | 33 | Monday, 12 June 1944 | ||
Serjeant | THOMAS | HALL | 36 | Wednesday, 28 June 1944 | ||
Private | ZEPHANIAH 'Seth' | HARRIS | 19 | Saturday, 10 June 1944 | ||
Private | JAMES | HARVEY | 20 | Sunday, 09 July 1944 | ||
Private | ANDREW MENTIER | HILSON | 25 | Saturday, 10 June 1944 | ||
Private | JAMES HIGHAM | IRVINE | 20 | Thursday, 06 July 1944 | ||
Private | JAMES C | KYLE | 22 | Saturday, 10 June 1944 | ||
Private | RUPERT GEORGE | LOGAN | 28 | Tuesday, 27 June 1944 | ||
Private | JOHN STUART | MACKMURDIE | 19 | Monday, 12 June 1944 | ||
Lance Corporal | WILLIAM FOREST | MALLEN | 33 | Wednesday, 19 July 1944 | ||
Private | JOHN WILFRED | MAUGHAN | 25 | Friday, 09 June 1944 | ||
Lance Corporal | DAVID | MITCHELL | 21 | Monday, 19 June 1944 | ||
Private | JOHN | McINTYRE | 28 | Wednesday, 21 June 1944 | ||
Private | SAMUEL WALKER | McKNIGHT | 27 | Monday, 12 June 1944 | ||
Private | JAMES | McPHILEMY | 20 | Saturday, 17 June 1944 | ||
Private | WILLIAM GALLAGHER | O'DONNELL | 21 | Wednesday, 21 June 1944 | ||
Private | GORDON | OAKES | 20 | Tuesday, 27 June 1944 | ||
Private | FRANCIS JAMES | OATES | 24 | Wednesday, 19 July 1944 | ||
Private | ALFRED DENIS | RAWLINS | 19 | Tuesday, 04 July 1944 | ||
Lance Corporal | WILLIAM | SLOAN | 27 | Monday, 19 June 1944 | ||
Private | HUGH MURRAY | SORE | 26 | Wednesday, 19 July 1944 | ||
Private | ROBERT | STEWART | 28 | Monday, 12 June 1944 | ||
Serjeant | GEORGE | WALSH | 34 | Thursday, 20 July 1944 | ||
Private | THOMAS WILLIAM | WHITE | 21 | Tuesday, 27 June 1944 |
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