British and Canadian cemeteries
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  British cemeteries :

Banneville British cemetery Ranville British cemetery Cintheaux Canadian cemetery Saint-Charles-de-Percy British cemetery Hottot-les-Bagues British cemetery Tilly-sur-Seulles British cemetery Cambes-en-Plaine British cemetery Bazenville British cemetery Bayeux British cemetery Chouain-Jérusalem British cemetery Secqueville British cemetery Brouay British cemetery Reviers Canadian cemetery Saint-Manvieu British cemetery Fontenay-le-Pesnel British cemetery Douvre-la-Délivrande British cemetery

Nearly 17,000 British and 5,000 Canadian soldiers were laid to rest in Normandy. By virtue of an ancient custom of the British Army, combatants must be interred where they fall. Hence the large number of British cemeteries (18, including 2 Canadian ones) and their sometimes modest size. Another originality is the presence of the graves of soldiers of other nationalities, including Germans.

Most of the British cemeteries share the same architectural features, with pergolas, flowerbeds at the foot of the graves surmounted by white limestone headstones, a Cross of Sacrifice and – in the larger ones at least – a monument in the shape of an altar ‑ the stone of remembrance.

 Canadian cemeteries :

 

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