List of military cemeteries in Normandy: Difference between revisions

The following military cemeteries were established in the French region of Normandy in memory for casualties of the World War II battles there:

• Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery contains 2,175 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War with a high number of casualties from Operation Goodwood interred in the cemetery.
• Bayeux War Cemetery contains 4,144 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 338 of them unidentified. There are also over 500 war graves of other nationalities, the majority German.
• Brouay War Cemetery contains 375 British and 2 Canadian graves with a high number of casualties from the 53rd (Welsh) Division.
• Cambes-en-Plaine War Cemetery contains 223 graves of those that fell during the fighting around Caen with a high number from the British 59th Division.
• Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery contains 457 British, four Canadian and 59 German casualties of fighting in the local area.
• Hermanville War Cemetery contains 986 British, 13 Canadian, three Australian and three French graves predominantly of those that fell during the landing on Sword.
• Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery contains 1015 Commonwealth graves (56 unidentified).
• Jerusalem War Cemetery is the smallest in Normandy containing 47 British, one Czech and one unidentified grave.
• La Délivrande War Cemetery contains 942 Allied soldiers’ graves and 180 German graves.
• Ranville War Cemetery contains 2,235 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 97 of them unidentified. There are also 330 German graves and a few burials of other nationalities. The neighbouring churchyard also contains 47 Commonwealth burials, one of which is unidentified, and one German grave.
• Ryes War Cemetery contains 652 Commonwealth burials and one Polish burial – mainly from casualties landing on Gold Beach. There are also 335 German graves. This cemetery is actually closer to Bazenville than Ryes.
• Saint-Charles-de-Percy War Cemetery is the southernmost cemetery in Normandy and contains 703 burials.
• Saint-Désir-de-Lisieux German war cemetery contains 594 burials and is adjacent to the German cemetery of the same name.
• Saint-Manvieu War Cemetery contains 1,627 Commonwealth burials, 49 of them unidentified. There are also 555 German burials.
• Secqueville-en-Bessin War Cemetery contains 114 fallen soldiers, the majority from the advance on Caen in July 1944.
• Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery contains the graves of 990 Allied and 232 German soldiers.
• Tourgeville War Cemetery is primarily a First World War Commonwealth cemetery, which also contains 42 Second World War graves, of which 34 Germans, 6 British and 2 Canadian.

German graves may also be found within these Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries: Bayeux, Fontenay-le-Pesnel, La Délivrande, Ryes, Saint-Manvieu, Tilly-sur-Seulles, and Tourgeville War Cemetery.