Hermanville War Cemetery

Hermanville War Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Hermanville British war cemetery
Used for those deceased 1944
Established	1944
Location	Coordinates: 49°17′09″N 0°18′32″W / 49.2858°N 0.3090°W / 49.2858; -0.3090 near  Hermanville-sur-Mer, Calvados, France
Designed by	Philip D. Hepworth
Total burials	1,003
Unknowns	103
Burials by nation
United Kingdom: 986 Canada: 13 Australia: 3 France: 3
Burials by war
World War II
Statistics source: [1]

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.

Location[]

The cemetery is in the commune of Hermanville-sur-Mer on Rue du Cimetière Anglais (off the D.60).

See also[]

• American Battle Monuments Commission
• UK National Inventory of War Memorials
• German War Graves Commission
• List of military cemeteries in Normandy

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References[]

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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