Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery is a Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located 16 km west of Caen, Normandy. The cemetery contains 461 commonwealth graves and 59 German graves.[1]
| Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery | |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
 | |
| For Operation Overlord | |
| Established | 1944 |
| Location | 49°09′40″N 0°33′37″W / 49.1610°N 0.5603°W near |
| Designed by | Philip D. Hepworth |
| Total burials | 519 |
| Burials by nation | |
| Burials by war | |
| Statistics source: [1] | |
History
editA large number of burials date to between the June July 1944, during the Allied attacks to the west and southwest of Caen. A large number of the soldiers interred are from the South Staffordshire, East Lancashire and Royal Warwickshire Regiments plus the Durham Light Infantry.
The 59 German soldiers buried in the cemetery are mainly from the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend.
Location
editThe cemetery is one kilometre south-east of the hamlet of Saint-Martin, Fontenay-le-Pesnel, on the D.139, on the territory of Tessel.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Cemetery". www.cwgc.org.
Further reading
edit- Shilleto, Carl, and Tolhurst, Mike (2008). "A Traveler’s Guide to D-Day and the Battle of Normandy". Northampton, Mass.: Interlink. ISBN 1-56656-555-3
External links
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