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Cambes-en-Plaine War Cemetery

Coordinates: 49°14′10″N 0°23′08″W / 49.2362°N 0.3855°W / 49.2362; -0.3855
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Cambes-en-Plaine War Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
For Operation Overlord
Established1944
Location49°14′10″N 0°23′08″W / 49.2362°N 0.3855°W / 49.2362; -0.3855
near 
Designed byPhilip D. Hepworth
Total burials224
Unknowns
1
Burials by nation
Burials by war
Statistics source: Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Cambes-en-Plaine War Cemetery is a Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located seven km northwest of Caen, Normandy. The cemetery contains 224 graves of which one is unidentified.[1]

History

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Following the Allied landings on D-Day, elements of the East Riding Yeomanry, supporting the British 3rd Infantry Division pushed through to the northern outskirts of Cambes-en-Plaine on 9 June 1944. A defensive German line here stopped the advance on Caen. A large number of burials date to between the 8 and 12 July 1944, during Operation Charnwood, the final attack on Caen. Over half of the burials in the graveyard are from soldiers in the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division.

Location

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The cemetery is located in the commune of Cambes-en-Plaine, in the Calvados department of Normandy, on the Rue du Mesnil Ricard (D.79B).

Photographs

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cambes-En-Plaine War Cemetery | Cemetery Details | CWGC".

Further reading

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  • Shilleto, Carl, and Tolhurst, Mike (2008). A Traveler's Guide to D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. Northampton, Mass.: Interlink. ISBN 1566565553
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