BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados
France
Location Information
Banneville-la-Campagne is a village in Normandy, which is 10 kilometres east of Caen. The cemetery is on the main road (D675, "route de Caen") between Caen and Troarn, about 8 kilometres east of Caen.
Historical Information
The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944.
For the most part, the men buried at Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery were killed in the fighting from the second week of July 1944, when Caen was captured, to the last week in August, when the Falaise Gap had been closed and the Allied forces were preparing their advance beyond the Seine.
The cemetery contains 2,170 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 140 of them unidentified, and five Polish graves.
Banneville-la-Campagne is a village in Normandy, which is 10 kilometres east of Caen. The cemetery is on the main road (D675, "route de Caen") between Caen and Troarn, about 8 kilometres east of Caen.
Historical Information
The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944.
For the most part, the men buried at Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery were killed in the fighting from the second week of July 1944, when Caen was captured, to the last week in August, when the Falaise Gap had been closed and the Allied forces were preparing their advance beyond the Seine.
The cemetery contains 2,170 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 140 of them unidentified, and five Polish graves.
4804844 Private
John Henry Hill
4th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
16th August 1944, aged 26.
Plot III. E. 21.
Inscription "Sweet Memories Which No One Can Steal. One Of England's Heroes"
Son of George and Frances Hill, of Blyton, Lincolnshire.
Picture courtesy of Bev Hill
John Henry Hill
4th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
16th August 1944, aged 26.
Plot III. E. 21.
Inscription "Sweet Memories Which No One Can Steal. One Of England's Heroes"
Son of George and Frances Hill, of Blyton, Lincolnshire.
Picture courtesy of Bev Hill
3965467 Lance Corporal
Alfred Monaghan
1st/5th Bn. Welch Regiment
21st July 1944, aged 25.
Plot VI. E. 24.
Killed at Le Bon Repos, near Baron, Normandy
Son of Rosina Monaghan (nee Mazzei) who was the sister of Lewis and Alfred Mazzei who were both killed in WWI, and also of Thomas and William Mazzei who both fought in WWI and survived.
Picture courtesy of Darin Mazzei
Alfred Monaghan
1st/5th Bn. Welch Regiment
21st July 1944, aged 25.
Plot VI. E. 24.
Killed at Le Bon Repos, near Baron, Normandy
Son of Rosina Monaghan (nee Mazzei) who was the sister of Lewis and Alfred Mazzei who were both killed in WWI, and also of Thomas and William Mazzei who both fought in WWI and survived.
Picture courtesy of Darin Mazzei
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