Brouay War Cemetery

Brouay War Cemetery
Brouay War Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
	Brouay war cemetery adjacent to Brouay Church
	For Operation Overlord
Established	1944
Location	49°12′53″N 0°33′43″W / 49.2148°N 0.5619°W; near Brouay, Calvados, France
Designed by	Philip D. Hepworth
Total burials	370
Unknowns	7
Burials by nation
	United Kingdom: 368; Canada: 2
Burials by war
	World War II
	Statistics source: Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Brouay War Cemetery is a Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located between Caen and Bayeux, Normandy. The cemetery contains 377 graves, of which 7 are unidentified.^[1] The cemetery is adjacent to the commune's graveyard.

History

During the Allies push out of the Normandy bridgeheads, a key target was the taking of Caen. The majority of those interred in the cemetery were killed in heavy fighting in late June and July 1944 as the Allies encircled Caen (Operation Epsom, Operation Jupiter and Operation Spring).

Location

The cemetery is midway between Bayeux and Caen, in the Calvados department, on the Route d'Audrieu (D.94). It is located 3.25 kilometres southeast of Bayeux. Access is via some steps at the eastern corner of Brouay Church.