La Délivrande War Cemetery

Military cemetery in France

La Délivrande war cemetery

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

La Délivrande war cemetery

Used for those deceased 1944
Established| 1944
Location| 49°17′25″N 0°22′38″W﻿ / ﻿49.2902°N 0.3771°W﻿ / 49.2902; -0.3771
near

Douvres-la-Délivrande, Calvados, France

Designed by| Philip D. Hepworth
Total burials| 1,123

Unknowns

| 1
Burials by nation

United Kingdom: 927

Canada: 11
Australia: 3
Poland: 1

Germany: 180

Burials by war

World War II

Statistics source: CWGC

La Délivrande war cemetery is a Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located 14 km (8.7 mi) north of Caen, Normandy. The cemetery contains 943 commonwealth war graves and 180 German war graves.[1]

## History[edit]

The majority of the soldiers interred in the cemetery were killed on D-Day, 6 June 1944 and the following weeks as the Allies advanced south towards Caen. There are a number of burials of soldiers killed on Sword Beach – especially from the sectors Oboe and Peter.

The cemetery has a number of double headstones marked with "BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT".

## Photographs[edit]

* Entrance to the war cemetery

* Sacrificial cross in the cemetery

* Double headstone

* Graves and cross

## Location[edit]

The cemetery is 14 km north of Caen on the D.7.

## See also[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Delivrande War Cemetery.

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ "La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres". www.cwgc.org.

## Further reading[edit]

* Shilleto, Carl, and Tolhurst, Mike (2008). "A Traveler’s Guide to D-Day and the Battle of Normandy". Northampton, Mass.: Interlink. ISBN 1566565553

## External links[edit]

* La Délivrande 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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