ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY
Cheux
Calvados
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.17741, Longitude: -0.5139
Location Information
Cheux is a village 10 kilometres west of Caen.
This cemetery is reached from Caen by taking route D9 westwards. After about 8 kilometres, the road by-passes St Manvieu village, while Cheux lies 2 kilometres to the left. You will find St Manvieu War Cemetery on the right hand side.
Historical Information
The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944.
Those buried in St. Manvieu War Cemetery died for the most part in the fluctuating battles from mid June to the end of July 1944, in the region between Tilly-sur-Seulles and Caen.
The cemetery contains 1,627 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 49 of them unidentified. There are also 555 German burials.
Total Burials: 2,182.
Commonwealth Identified Burials: United Kingdom 1,574. Canada 3, Australia 1. Total 1,578.
German Identified Casualties: 468.
Unidentified Casualties: Germany 87, United Kingdom 49. Total 136.
The cemetery was designed by Philip Hepworth.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
CDN/141 Lieutenant
Arthur Donald Crighton
Royal Canadian Infantry Corps attached to 6th Bn. Royal Welch fusiliers
10th July 1944, aged 29.
Plot II. G. 13.
Husband of Lorna Frances Margaret Crighton, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Arthur Donald Crighton
Royal Canadian Infantry Corps attached to 6th Bn. Royal Welch fusiliers
10th July 1944, aged 29.
Plot II. G. 13.
Husband of Lorna Frances Margaret Crighton, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
14415092 Private
James Parker Denike
2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
26th June 1944, aged 18.
Plot IX. J. 16.
Son of James Denike, and of Grace Parker Denike, of Wanstead, Essex.
His headstone bears the inscription "All That He Had Hoped For, All That He Had, He Gave"
James Parker Denike
2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
26th June 1944, aged 18.
Plot IX. J. 16.
Son of James Denike, and of Grace Parker Denike, of Wanstead, Essex.
His headstone bears the inscription "All That He Had Hoped For, All That He Had, He Gave"
J/8904 Flight Lieutenant
Thomas Hubert Oscar Hallihan
442 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
11th July 1944.
Plot IV. E. 4.
Thomas Hubert Oscar Hallihan
442 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
11th July 1944.
Plot IV. E. 4.
5729399 Private
John Arthur Kellow
4th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
15th July 1944, aged 26.
Plot X. H. 11.
Son of Henry and Amelia Kellow; husband of Clara Kellow, of Falmouth, Cornwall.
His headstone bears the inscription "God Plucked A Flower, One We Loved So Dear. Wife, Children, Father, Mother And Family"
"Sadly missed by all your Brothers and Sisters"
Picture courtesy of M. A. and M. Kellow.
John Arthur Kellow
4th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
15th July 1944, aged 26.
Plot X. H. 11.
Son of Henry and Amelia Kellow; husband of Clara Kellow, of Falmouth, Cornwall.
His headstone bears the inscription "God Plucked A Flower, One We Loved So Dear. Wife, Children, Father, Mother And Family"
"Sadly missed by all your Brothers and Sisters"
Picture courtesy of M. A. and M. Kellow.
72793 Major
James Gordon Osler
Royal Engineers
29th June 1944, aged 29.
Plot VI. F. 16.
Son of Maj. Edmund Featherstone Osler and Nadine Osler, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over Thee" St. Luke IV. 10.
James Gordon Osler
Royal Engineers
29th June 1944, aged 29.
Plot VI. F. 16.
Son of Maj. Edmund Featherstone Osler and Nadine Osler, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over Thee" St. Luke IV. 10.
88267 Major
Thomas William Pickering
144th (8th Bn. The East Lancashire Regt.) Regt. Royal Armoured Corps
16th July 1944, aged 32.
Plot I. E. 6.
Son of Thomas and Gertrude Pickering, of Colne, Lancashire; husband of Peggie Pickering, of Tutshill, Monmouthshire. A.S.S.A.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Willing Crusader In Freedom's Cause"
Thomas William Pickering
144th (8th Bn. The East Lancashire Regt.) Regt. Royal Armoured Corps
16th July 1944, aged 32.
Plot I. E. 6.
Son of Thomas and Gertrude Pickering, of Colne, Lancashire; husband of Peggie Pickering, of Tutshill, Monmouthshire. A.S.S.A.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Willing Crusader In Freedom's Cause"
CDN/279 Lieutenant
Mathew Christie Paul Rush
Royal Canadian Infantry Corps attached to 5th Bn. Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry
9th July 1944, aged 22.
Plot IX. C. 20.
Son of Frederick L. Rush, and of Susan E. Rush, of Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "As We Loved Him So We Missed Him"
Mathew Christie Paul Rush
Royal Canadian Infantry Corps attached to 5th Bn. Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry
9th July 1944, aged 22.
Plot IX. C. 20.
Son of Frederick L. Rush, and of Susan E. Rush, of Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "As We Loved Him So We Missed Him"
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