Commonwealth War Cemetery Hermanville

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-Benville, 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.

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Source

• Text: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Photos: Bert Jans (1, 2), Annette Jans (3, 4)