Normandy cemeteries

BENY SUR MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

 

BONNEBOSQUE CHURCHYARD

 

Nice photos. I was at Beny sur Mer in 2007. It is truly a beautiful and peaceful place.

 

BRETTEVILLE SUR LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

 

BROUAY WAR CEMETERY

 

CAMBES EN PLAINE WAR CEMETERY

(My original photos are now missing)

 

FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL







THE CEMETERY VIEWED FROM THE ROAD.



A RATHER NICE LITTLE DEDICATION FROM THE FAMILY OF ONE OF THE CASUALTIES.

 

Some absolutely fantastic photographs, thank you for posting them up - you have a very good eye for a photograph and I have enjoyed seeing these- excellent.

 

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

 

Some absolutely fantastic photographs, thank you for posting them up - you have a very good eye for a photograph and I have enjoyed seeing these- excellent.

Thanks James - I've still got a few more yet to post. They are such quiet places that you can take your time.

 

HONFLEUR (ST. LEONARD) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITES IN TERMS OF THE VIEW ACROSS TO THE PONT DE NORMANDIE. LUCKILY A CLEAR DAY FOR SUCH A PHOTO.

 

HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY

 

JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY

(My original photos are now missing)

(ANOTHER FAVOURITE)

 

LA DELIVERANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES

 

LE TORQUESNE CHURCHYARD

(My original photos are now missing)

 

RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE

 

SECQUEVILLE-EN-BESSIN WAR CEMETERY

 

ST. LAURENT SUR MER CHURCHYARD

(MEN FROM THE SMALL SCALE RAIDING FORCE KILLED NEAR OMAHA BEACH IN 1942 - BE INTERESTING TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING THERE)

DID THIS IN BLACK AND WHITE.

 

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX

 

ST. VAAST-EN-AUGE CHURCHYARD



ALL EXCEPT ONE (7TH JUNE) KILLED ON THE 6TH JUNE.





BEFORE YOU GET TO CHURCHYARD, THE OLD MAIRIE IS A MEMORIAL TO THE 6TH AIRBORNE DIVISION. A NEWER MORE MODERN MAIRIE IS PAST THE CHURCH.