JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY
Chouain
Calvados
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.20989, Longitude: -0.65211
Image above © Carl Liversage @carl_liversage
Location Information
Chouain is a village 9 kilometres south-east of Bayeux.
From Bayeux take the route D6 south-east towards Tilly-sur-Seulles. The cemetery will be found after about 8 kilometres on the left hand side of the road at the bottom of a down hill stretch.
Historical Information
The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944.
Jerusalem is a tiny hamlet near the village of Chouain. The area was the scene of bitter fighting when a German armoured column sought to retake Bayeux shortly after its liberation. The cemetery was begun on 10 June and is one of the smallest Commonwealth war cemeteries.
Jerusalem War Cemetery contains 47 burials, one of them unidentified, and one Czech grave. It was designed by P.D. Hepworth.
Total Burials: 48.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 46, Czechoslovakia 1. Total 47.
World War Two Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 1.
Chouain is a village 9 kilometres south-east of Bayeux.
From Bayeux take the route D6 south-east towards Tilly-sur-Seulles. The cemetery will be found after about 8 kilometres on the left hand side of the road at the bottom of a down hill stretch.
Historical Information
The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944.
Jerusalem is a tiny hamlet near the village of Chouain. The area was the scene of bitter fighting when a German armoured column sought to retake Bayeux shortly after its liberation. The cemetery was begun on 10 June and is one of the smallest Commonwealth war cemeteries.
Jerusalem War Cemetery contains 47 burials, one of them unidentified, and one Czech grave. It was designed by P.D. Hepworth.
Total Burials: 48.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 46, Czechoslovakia 1. Total 47.
World War Two Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 1.
Image above © Carl Liversage @carl_liversage
14429036 Private
Jack Banks
8th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
21st July 1944, aged 16.
Row B. 15.
Son of Jack and Fanny Banks, of Darwen, Lancashire.
His headstone bears the inscription "God Will Tell Us Why Some-Day He Broke Our Hearts And Took You Away"
Jack Banks
8th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
21st July 1944, aged 16.
Row B. 15.
Son of Jack and Fanny Banks, of Darwen, Lancashire.
His headstone bears the inscription "God Will Tell Us Why Some-Day He Broke Our Hearts And Took You Away"
271029 Lieutenant
John Bruce Horn
6th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
19th June 1944, aged 22.
Row C. 9.
Son of Alexander and Annie Horn, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Good Son Unadorned, Yet Adorned For Ever"
John Bruce Horn
6th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
19th June 1944, aged 22.
Row C. 9.
Son of Alexander and Annie Horn, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Good Son Unadorned, Yet Adorned For Ever"
Images in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem
4614681 Private
James Mundy
7th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
26th June 1944, aged 26.
Row A. 8.
Son of James and Eliza A. Mundy, of Stalybridge, Cheshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Not Just Today But Every Day In Silence We Remember. Mother"
James Mundy
7th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
26th June 1944, aged 26.
Row A. 8.
Son of James and Eliza A. Mundy, of Stalybridge, Cheshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Not Just Today But Every Day In Silence We Remember. Mother"
163330 Chaplain 4th Class
The Reverend Gerard Nesbitt
Royal Army Chaplains' Department, attached to 8th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
5th July 1944, aged 33.
Row B. 1.
Croix de Guerre (France). Son of Stephen and Jane Nesbitt, of Felling-on-Tyne, Co. Durham. D. Phil.
His headstone bears the inscription "Sacred Heart Of Jesus Grant To This Thy Priest Eternal Rest"
The Reverend Gerard Nesbitt
Royal Army Chaplains' Department, attached to 8th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
5th July 1944, aged 33.
Row B. 1.
Croix de Guerre (France). Son of Stephen and Jane Nesbitt, of Felling-on-Tyne, Co. Durham. D. Phil.
His headstone bears the inscription "Sacred Heart Of Jesus Grant To This Thy Priest Eternal Rest"
Image above © Carl Liversage @carl_liversage
