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.

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Ranville War Cemetery canonical 2

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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
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
nearbyFeature Caen Canal
Orne River NERFINISHED
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
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

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Pegasus Bridge hasNearbyCemetery Ranville War Cemetery
Ranville hasCemetery Ranville War Cemetery