HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY Normandy France. WW1 and WW2 Cemeteries maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission,CWGC.
First and Second World War , WW1 and WW2 Commonwealth War Graves Cemeteries in Northern France. HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY Country: France Locality: Calvados Location Information: Hermanville-sur-Mer lies 13 kilometres north of Caen on the road to Lion-sur-Mer (the D60). To reach the War Cemetery go northwards right through Hermanville; after leaving the Mairie (Town Hall) on your left, turn right. The gates to the War Cemetery will be found after 300 metres. Historical Information: The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. The village of Hermanville lay behind Sword beach and was occupied early on 6 June by men of the South Lancashire regiment. Later the same day, the Shropshire Light Infantry supported by the armour of the Staffordshire Yeomanry managed to reach and hold Bieville-Benville, four kilometres to the south of Hermanville. Many of those buried in Hermanville War Cemetery died on 6 June or during the first days of the drive towards Caen. The cemetery contains 1,003 Second World War burials, 103 of them unidentified. No. of Identified Casualties: 903
Size: 5597px × 3569px
Photo credit: © Brian Harris for the CWGC/Alamy / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: battlefields, cemetery, commission, commonwealth, cwgc, france, france., graves, hermanville, normandy, northern, remember, sacrifice, war, ww1, ww2
