Hermanville-Sur-Mer Military Cemetery

1,005 soldiers are buried in this cemetery, including 986 British, 13 Canadians, 3 Australians and 3 Frenchmen. Soldiers from the South Lancashire Regiment landed at Hermanville-sur-mer on the morning of June 6. Later, the Shropshire Light Infantry, supported by the tanks of the Staffordshire Yeomanry, managed to reach Biéville-Beuville, 4 km south of Hermanville. Most of the soldiers who lie in this cemetery died on 6 June or during the days that followed the D-Day landing.

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