The Bayeux Memorial to the Missing, which commemorates more than 1,800 casualties of the Commonwealth.
The Bayeux Memorial was erected in white stone facing the cemetery. The Latin epitaph along the frieze of the memorial is reference to William the Conqueror and the Invasion of England in 1066: NOS A GULIELMO VICTI VICTORIS PATRIAM LIBERAVIMUS. The translation reads: "We, once conquered by William, have now set free the Conqueror's native land." The Bayeux Memorial commemorates more than 1,800 casualties of the Commonwealth. On this memorial are engraved the names of the 1,808 men of the Commonwealth who died in the Battle of Normandy and who have no known grave.[4] The Bayeux Memorial in Normandy, France commemorates 270 Canadian servicemen and women.[5] Among the names are the 189 men of the 43rd Divisional Reconnaissance Regiment who were aboard the ill-fated MV Derrycunihy. On the night of 23 July 1944, the ship was anchored off the coast of Ouistreham (Sword Beach), and the regiment was awaiting to disembark. At 0800 the ship's engines detonated a submerged German mine, ripping the hull apart. This was the biggest British loss of life off the Normandy beaches. The cemetery is located in Bayeux, in the Calvados commune, on the Boulevard Fabian Ware (). It is located 24 kilometres north-west of Caen and 13 kilometres south of Arromanches-les-Bains.
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Location: Bayeux, in the Calvados commune, on the Boulevard Fabian Ware
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