Saint-Charles-de-Percy War Cemetery

Saint-Charles-de-Percy War Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Graves in the cemetery
Used for those deceased 1944
Established1944
Location49°55′30″N 0°47′16″W / 49.9250°N 0.7878°W / 49.9250; -0.7878
near 
Saint-Charles-de-Percy War Cemetery, Normandy, France
Designed byPhilip D. Hepworth
Total burials809
Unknowns
106
Burials by war
Statistics source: [1]

Saint-Charles-de-Percy War Cemetery is a British Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers located 1 km (0.62 mi) west of the village of Saint-Charles-de-Percy, some 44 km (27 mi) south-west of Caen in Normandy. The cemetery contains 703 identified Commonwealth war graves and is the southernmost British cemetery in Normandy.[1]

History

The majority of the soldiers interred in the cemetery were killed in late July and early August 1944. British forces pushed south from Caumont-l'Éventé towards Vire to split the German 7th Army and 5th Panzer Army.

Notable burials

Location

The cemetery is 15 km (9.3 mi) north-east of Vire, between Montchamp and La Ferronnière on the D.290A just off the D.56.

See also

References

  1. ^ "St. Charles de Percy War Cemetery". cwgc.org. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. ^ Lundy, Darryl (30 January 2011). "Brigadier Sir Walter de Stopham Barttelot, 4th Bt.". The Peerage. Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand: Lundy Consulting Ltd. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ^ Reed, Paul (2007). St Charles de Percy War Cemetery: Sir Walter de Stopham Barttelot. Retrieved on 25 February 2019.
  4. ^ Casualty Details – Barttelot, Sir Walter de Stopham, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved on 25 February 2019.

Further reading

  • Shilleto, Carl, and Tolhurst, Mike (2008). A Traveler’s Guide to D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. Northampton, Mass.: Interlink. ISBN 1566565553