Saint-Manvieu War Cemetery
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| Saint-Manvieu War Cemetery | |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
 Entrance | |
| Used for those deceased 1944 | |
| Established | 1944 |
| Location | 49°10′42″N 0°30′51″W / 49.1782°N 0.5143°W near Saint-Manvieu-Norrey, Calvados, France |
| Designed by | Philip D. Hepworth |
| Total burials | 2,182 |
Unknowns | 135 |
| Burials by nation | |
| Burials by war | |
| Statistics source: Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. | |
Saint-Manvieu War Cemetery is a British Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located 10 km west of Caen, Normandy. The cemetery's designation often uses the nearby commune of Cheux but the graveyard is actually closer to the commune of Saint-Manvieu-Norrey. The graveyard contains 1,627 Commonwealth war graves and 555 German war graves. The cemetery is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[1]
History
[edit]A large proportion of the soldiers buried here are from the battles that took place between Tilly-sur-Seulles and Caen from mid-June to late-July 1944. Key engagements at this time were Operations Epsom and Jupiter. The cemetery received its first interments in mid-June 1944.
Location
[edit]The cemetery is 10 km west of Caen, on the D.9 (Rue de la Guinguette).
See also
[edit]- American Battle Monuments Commission
- UK National Inventory of War Memorials
- German War Graves Commission
- List of military cemeteries in Normandy
References
[edit]- ^ "St. Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux". 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 1-56656-555-3
