| La Délivrande war cemetery | |
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| 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 | |
| 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.
History
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
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Entrance to the war cemetery
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Sacrificial cross in the cemetery
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Double headstone
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Graves and cross
Location
The cemetery is 14 km north of Caen on the D.7.
See also
- American Battle Monuments Commission
- UK National Inventory of War Memorials
- German War Graves Commission
- List of military cemeteries in Normandy
References
- "La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres". www.cwgc.org.
Further reading
- 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
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