Fontenay-le-Pesnel_War_Cemetery

Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery

Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery

Military cemetery in Normandy

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]

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History

A 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

The 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

References

  1. [1]
    "Cemetery". www.cwgc.org.

Further reading

  • 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
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