Country: France

Locality: Calvados

Identified Casualties: 1025

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Cemetery Location

Take the main road northwards from Caen, the D7 to Langrune-sur-Mer. After about 12 kilometres, the War Cemetery will be found on the right of the road, a few hundred metres before reaching La Delivrande crossroads and its twin-spired church. There is also parking to the rear of the cemetery, down a side road which leads to the town civil cemetery. It is recommended you park here, as the main road is very busy.

Cemetery Information

The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. The burials in La Delivrande War Cemetery mainly date from 6 June and the landings on Sword beach, particularly Oboe and Peter sectors. Others were brought in later from the battlefields between the coast and Caen. There are now 942 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 63 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to a number of casualties known to be buried among them. 

WW2 Graves

The graves here are from fighting in on Sword Beach, Airborne operations near Pegasus Bridge & Ranville, and also the fighting for Caen.

The breakdown of graves is:

British - 927
Canadian -11
Australian - 3
Polish - 1
German - 180
Unidentified - 1

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