La Délivrande war cemetery is a Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located north of Caen, Normandy. The cemetery contains 943 commonwealth war graves and 180 German war graves.
History The majority of the soldiers interred in the cemetery were killed on D-Day, 6 June 1944 and the following weeks as the Allies advanced south towards Caen. There are a number of burials of soldiers killed on Sword Beach – especially from the sectors Oboe and Peter.
The cemetery has a number of double headstones marked with "BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT".
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Location The cemetery is 14 km north of Caen on the D.7.
See also
American Battle Monuments Commission UK National Inventory of War Memorials German War Graves Commission List of military cemeteries in Normandy
References
Further reading Shilleto, Carl, and Tolhurst, Mike (2008). "A Traveler’s Guide to D-Day and the Battle of Normandy". Northampton, Mass.: Interlink.