HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.28633, Longitude: -0.30884
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.
Total Burials: 1,003.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 884, Canada 13, Australia 3. Total 900.
Unidentified Casualties: 103.
Cemetery images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
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.
His headstone bears the inscription "Too Dearly Loved To Be Forgotten"
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.
His headstone bears the inscription "Too Dearly Loved To Be Forgotten"
J/20955 Flying Officer
James Harrison Clark
299 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
6th June 1944, aged 24.
Plot 1. T. 18.
Son of Robert T. and Laura M. Clark, of Isabella, Manitoba, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "I Know Thy Works: Behold, I Have Set Before Thee An Open Door"
James Harrison Clark
299 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
6th June 1944, aged 24.
Plot 1. T. 18.
Son of Robert T. and Laura M. Clark, of Isabella, Manitoba, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "I Know Thy Works: Behold, I Have Set Before Thee An Open Door"
B/3047 Private
William Skirving Ducker, M. M.
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.
19th June 1944.
Plot 1. W. 17.
William Skirving Ducker, M. M.
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.
19th June 1944.
Plot 1. W. 17.
J/20206 Flying Officer
Lorne Cheatham Flather
271 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th June 1944, aged 26.
Plot 1. I. 4.
Son of Alexander and Annie Flather, of Vancouver, Columbia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Lives And Smiles Beyond The Wall. Our Beloved Son And Brother, Lorne"
Lorne Cheatham Flather
271 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th June 1944, aged 26.
Plot 1. I. 4.
Son of Alexander and Annie Flather, of Vancouver, Columbia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Lives And Smiles Beyond The Wall. Our Beloved Son And Brother, Lorne"
F/40775 Private
James K. Hardiman
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.
11th June 1944, aged 22.
Plot 1. K. 1.
Son of Harry and Agnes Hardiman; husband of Eileen M. Hardiman, of Windsor, Hants. Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Is Not Dead He Is Just Away"
James K. Hardiman
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.
11th June 1944, aged 22.
Plot 1. K. 1.
Son of Harry and Agnes Hardiman; husband of Eileen M. Hardiman, of Windsor, Hants. Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Is Not Dead He Is Just Away"
A/107701 Private
Murray McN. McGee
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
8th July 1944.
Plot 2. C. 20.
Murray McN. McGee
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
8th July 1944.
Plot 2. C. 20.
CDN/190 Lieutenant
Stirling Alexander Reid
Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, attached to 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
13th July 1944, aged 26.
Plot 5. B. 13.
Son of Edwin and Minnie F. Reid, of Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Absent From Sight Yet Ever So Near It's Sweet To Remember Someone So Dear"
Stirling Alexander Reid
Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, attached to 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
13th July 1944, aged 26.
Plot 5. B. 13.
Son of Edwin and Minnie F. Reid, of Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Absent From Sight Yet Ever So Near It's Sweet To Remember Someone So Dear"
