HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados
France
Location Information
Hermanville-sur-Mer lies 13 kilometres north of Caen on the road to Lion-sur-Mer (the D60). To reach the War Cemetery go northwards right through Hermanville; after leaving the church on your left, turn right. The gates to the War Cemetery will be found after 300 metres on the road "Rue du Cimetière Anglais".
Parking available & wheelchair access possible.
Historical Information
The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944.
The village of Hermanville lay behind Sword beach and was occupied early on 6 June by men of the South Lancashire regiment. Later the same day, the Shropshire Light Infantry supported by the armour of the Staffordshire Yeomanry managed to reach and hold Bieville-Beuville, four kilometres to the south of Hermanville. Many of those buried in Hermanville War Cemetery died on 6 June or during the first days of the drive towards Caen.
The cemetery contains 1,003 Second World War burials, 103 of them unidentified.
Hermanville-sur-Mer lies 13 kilometres north of Caen on the road to Lion-sur-Mer (the D60). To reach the War Cemetery go northwards right through Hermanville; after leaving the church on your left, turn right. The gates to the War Cemetery will be found after 300 metres on the road "Rue du Cimetière Anglais".
Parking available & wheelchair access possible.
Historical Information
The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944.
The village of Hermanville lay behind Sword beach and was occupied early on 6 June by men of the South Lancashire regiment. Later the same day, the Shropshire Light Infantry supported by the armour of the Staffordshire Yeomanry managed to reach and hold Bieville-Beuville, four kilometres to the south of Hermanville. Many of those buried in Hermanville War Cemetery died on 6 June or during the first days of the drive towards Caen.
The cemetery contains 1,003 Second World War burials, 103 of them unidentified.
3457309 Trooper
William Chadwick
The Staffordshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps
27th June 1944, aged 29.
Plot 5. E. 5.
Husband of Elizabeth A. Chadwick, of Burnley, Lancashire.
William Chadwick
The Staffordshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps
27th June 1944, aged 29.
Plot 5. E. 5.
Husband of Elizabeth A. Chadwick, of Burnley, Lancashire.
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