Ranville War Cemetery
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Ranville War Cemetery is a Commonwealth military burial ground in Normandy, France, where many of the airborne and other Allied soldiers killed during the early stages of the D-Day landings are interred.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ranville War Cemetery canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4069490 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ranville War Cemetery Context triple: [Pegasus Bridge, hasNearbyCemetery, Ranville War Cemetery]
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A.
Templeux-le-Guérard British Cemetery
Templeux-le-Guérard British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in northern France where soldiers of World War I, including British politician and officer Valentine Fleming, are buried.
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B.
Douaumont military cemetery
Douaumont military cemetery is a major World War I burial ground near Verdun in northeastern France, commemorating tens of thousands of French soldiers who died in the Battle of Verdun.
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C.
Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery
Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery is a First World War military burial ground in northern France where British Commonwealth and French soldiers who fell on the Somme are interred side by side as a symbol of shared sacrifice.
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D.
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery is a military burial ground in France where many Canadian soldiers who died during the 1942 Dieppe Raid are interred and commemorated.
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E.
Brittany American Cemetery
Brittany American Cemetery is a World War II military cemetery in France where thousands of American soldiers who died in the European theater are buried and commemorated.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ranville War Cemetery Target entity description: Ranville War Cemetery is a Commonwealth military burial ground in Normandy, France, where many of the airborne and other Allied soldiers killed during the early stages of the D-Day landings are interred.
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A.
Templeux-le-Guérard British Cemetery
Templeux-le-Guérard British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in northern France where soldiers of World War I, including British politician and officer Valentine Fleming, are buried.
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B.
Douaumont military cemetery
Douaumont military cemetery is a major World War I burial ground near Verdun in northeastern France, commemorating tens of thousands of French soldiers who died in the Battle of Verdun.
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C.
Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery
Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery is a First World War military burial ground in northern France where British Commonwealth and French soldiers who fell on the Somme are interred side by side as a symbol of shared sacrifice.
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D.
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery is a military burial ground in France where many Canadian soldiers who died during the 1942 Dieppe Raid are interred and commemorated.
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E.
Brittany American Cemetery
Brittany American Cemetery is a World War II military cemetery in France where thousands of American soldiers who died in the European theater are buried and commemorated.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery
ⓘ
military cemetery ⓘ war cemetery ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
D-Day landings
ⓘ
linked to:
D-Day
|
| associatedWithOperation |
Operation Overlord
ⓘ
Operation Tonga ⓘ |
| category |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in France
ⓘ
linked to:
Commonwealth war cemeteries
World War II cemeteries in France ⓘ |
| commemorates | Commonwealth forces in the Normandy campaign ⓘ |
| conflict |
Second World War
ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
|
| country | France ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| governedBy | Commonwealth War Graves Commission regulations ⓘ |
| hasAccess | public ⓘ |
| hasBurialDateRange | primarily 1944 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Cross of Sacrifice
ⓘ
Stone of Remembrance ⓘ landscaped lawns and gardens ⓘ rows of uniform headstones ⓘ |
| hasGraveType | marked war graves ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfBurials |
identified graves
ⓘ
unidentified graves ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Ranville ⓘ |
| locatedInDepartment | Calvados ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Normandy ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Caen ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Europe ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial War Graves Commission
|
| nearbyFeature |
Caen Canal
ⓘ
linked to:
Canal de Caen à la Mer
Orne River ⓘ Pegasus Bridge ⓘ Ranville Churchyard ⓘ |
| notableFor |
burials from early stages of the Normandy landings
ⓘ
burials of airborne troops killed on D-Day ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial War Graves Commission
|
| purpose |
commemoration of war dead
ⓘ
military burial ground ⓘ |
| region | northwestern France ⓘ |
| usedForBurialOf |
British soldiers
ⓘ
Canadian soldiers ⓘ Commonwealth military personnel ⓘ World War II casualties ⓘ other Allied soldiers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ranville War Cemetery Description of subject: Ranville War Cemetery is a Commonwealth military burial ground in Normandy, France, where many of the airborne and other Allied soldiers killed during the early stages of the D-Day landings are interred.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.