Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery CWGC
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memorial, Second World War 1939-1945, war memorial, war cemetery
Bény-sur-Mer was created as a permanent resting place for Canadian soldiers who had been temporairly interred in smaller plots close to where they fell. As is usual for war cemeteries or monuments, France granted Canada a perpetual concession to the land occupied by the cemetery. The graves contain soldiers from the Canadian 3rd Division and 15 Airmen killed in the Battle of Normandy. The cemetery also includes four British graves and one French grave, for a total of 2049 markers.
Due to deteriation from the weather the Commonwealth War Grave Commission are going to replace all the gravestones in within 3 years.
www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2004...
Due to deteriation from the weather the Commonwealth War Grave Commission are going to replace all the gravestones in within 3 years.
www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2004...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bény-sur-Mer_Canadian_War_Cemetery
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 49°18'11"N -0°27'2"E
- Douvres-la-Délivrande 3 km
- Juno Beach (Nan Sector) 4.1 km
- Sword Beach 5.9 km
- Sainte-Croix ALG 6.1 km
- Hillman Fortress 11 km
- Colleville-Montgomery Beach 12 km
- Arromanches-les-Bains - Site of the Mulberry Harbour 14 km
- Gold Beach 14 km
- Remains of Mulberry harbour breakwaters "Phoenix" 15 km
- Drop zone K 16 km
- Courseulles-sur-Mer 2.7 km
- Château de Fontaine-Henry Estate 3.3 km
- CAMES 4.3 km
- Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer 4.9 km
- Langrune Sur Mer 6.1 km
- Lantheuil, Château de Manneville 6.9 km
- Luc-sur-Mer 6.9 km
- Lion-sur-Mer 8.5 km
- Gold Beach 9 km
- Hermanville-sur-Mer 10 km