Benouville Churchyard in Benouville, Basse-Normandie

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Coordinates: 49.24649, -0.27608
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Benouville is a village 10 kilometres north-east of Caen, at the junction of the Caen to Benouville and Caen to Ouistreham-Riva-Bella roads, RN814. On the way out of the village, towards Ouistreham, the cemetery lies on the right of the road.

Historical Information: The bridge over the Orne canal at Benouville was captured intact on the night of 5th/6th June 1944 by the 2nd Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and the 7th Battalion, Parachute Regiment 6th Airborne Division. There are 23 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-45 war here. The majority of whom belonged to the 6th Airborne Division.