Saint-Manvieu War Cemetery

Saint-Manvieu War Cemetery is a British Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located 10 km west of Caen, Normandy. The cemetery's designation often uses the nearby commune of Cheux but the graveyard is actually closer to the commune of Saint-Manvieu-Norrey. The graveyard contains 1,627 Commonwealth war graves and 555 German war graves. The cemetery is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[1]

Saint-Manvieu War Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Entrance
Used for those deceased 1944
Established1944
Location49.1782°N 0.5143°W / 49.1782; -0.5143
near 
Saint-Manvieu-Norrey, Calvados, France
Designed byPhilip D. Hepworth
Total burials2,182
Unknowns
135
Burials by nation
Burials by war
Statistics source: Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

History

A large proportion of the soldiers buried here are from the battles that took place between Tilly-sur-Seulles and Caen from mid-June to late-July 1944. Key engagements at this time were Operations Epsom and Jupiter. The cemetery received its first interments in mid-June 1944.

Location

The cemetery is 10 km west of Caen, on the D.9 (Rue de la Guinguette).

See also

References
  1. "St. Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux". www.cwgc.org.

Further reading
  • Shilleto, Carl, and Tolhurst, Mike (2008). “A Traveler’s Guide to D-Day and the Battle of Normandy”. Northampton, Mass.: Interlink. ISBN 1-56656-555-3
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