La Délivrande War Cemetery
Military cemetery in France
49°17′25″N 0°22′38″W / 49.2902°N 0.3771°W / 49.2902; -0.3771near
Douvres-la-Délivrande, Calvados, France
Unknowns
United Kingdom: 927
Canada: 11
Australia: 3
Poland: 1
World War II
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.[1]
History
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.
The cemetery has a number of double headstones marked with "BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT".
Photographs
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Entrance to the war cemetery -
Sacrificial cross in the cemetery -
Double headstone -
Graves and cross
Location
The cemetery is 14 km north of Caen on the D.7.
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Delivrande War Cemetery.
- American Battle Monuments Commission
- UK National Inventory of War Memorials
- German War Graves Commission
- List of military cemeteries in Normandy
References
- ^ "La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres". 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 1566565553
External links
- La Délivrande War Cemetery at Find a Grave
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Second World War military cemeteries in Normandy
- Bayeux war cemetery
- Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery
- Brouay War Cemetery
- Cambes-en-Plaine War Cemetery
- Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery
- Hermanville War Cemetery
- Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery
- Jerusalem War Cemetery, Chouain
- La Délivrande war cemetery
- Ranville war cemetery
- Ryes War Cemetery
- Saint-Charles-de-Percy War Cemetery
- Saint-Manvieu War Cemetery
- Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery
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