Hermanville War Cemetery

Military cemetery in France

Hermanville War Cemetery

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Hermanville British war cemetery

Used for those deceased 1944
Established| 1944
Location| 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

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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

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

## See also

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* 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

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1. ^ "Cemetery". www.cwgc.org.

## Further reading

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* 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

## External links

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* Hermanville War Cemetery at Find a Grave

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Second World War military cemeteries in Normandy

American|

* Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
* Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial

British|

* 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

Canadian|

* Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
* Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery

French|

* Les Gateys National Cemetery

German|

* La Cambe German war cemetery
* Champigny-Saint-André German war cemetery
* Marigny German war cemetery
* Mont-de-Huisnes German war cemetery
* Orglandes German war cemetery
* Saint-Désir-de-Lisieux German war cemetery

Polish|

* Grainville-Langannerie Polish war cemetery

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