Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery

Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery
Country:	France
Location:	Bretteville-sur-Laize
Coordinates:	49°3′37″N 0°17′34″W
Type:	Public
Owned by:	Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Website:	Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery

The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery is a Cemetery containing predominantly Canadian soldiers killed during the later stages of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. The Cemetery is located in and named after Bretteville-sur-Laize in the Calvados department, near Caen and Falaise in lower Normandy.

History

Bretteville-sur-Laize was created as a permanent resting place for Canadian soldiers who had been temporarily interred in smaller plots close to where they fell. At the time of the cemetery's creation, France granted Canada a perpetual concession to the land occupied by the cemetery. The graves contain 2793 soldiers from the 2nd Canadian Corps, 91 of them unknown, and 79 RCAF airmen killed in the Battle of Normandy.

A large number of dead in the cemetery were killed in the battle for the Falaise Pocket in August 1944. Canadians killed earlier in the Battle of Normandy were interred in the nearby Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery.

Location

The cemetery is located on the road between Caen and Falaise, about 14 km from Caen, in the comune of Cintheaux.

"We Rest Here"

The following members of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals are buried here.

Headstone	Service Number	Rank and Name	Grave Location
	L64955	Sigmn O Albrecht	XIV. F. 14.
	M100107	Cpl DH Black	XIX. H. 16.
	-	Lt AGS Brown	X. B. 3.
	H100509	Sigmn M Bulachowski	XI. H. 12.
	M67574	Sigmn GA Burgett	IX. D. 1.
	B33251	Sigmn GJ Carter	V. D. 5.
	B31967	Sigmn RJ Clark	X. B. 5.
	K100231	Sigmn RC Curtis	XV. G. 6.
	L2750	Sigmn PK Fisher	X. G. 6.
	F97915	Sigmn HS Ford	XV. H. 4.
	B32224	Sigmn AA Forster	X. G. 2.
	B32314	Sigmn G Gadsdon	VII. C. 12.
	B42565	Sigmn RW Gaydon	VI. H. 1.
	B64196	Sigmn DG Gougeon	XXI. G. 5.
	B87188	Sigmn TB Hemsley	VII. F. 7.
	B32250	Sigmn HJ Herrold	XVI. D. 3.
	D24154	Sigmn AJ Jackson	XIV. G. 4.
	M100678	Sigmn WF Jarvis	X. F. 5.
	B31230	Sigmn GA Legg	XV. F. 2.
	L74363	Sigmn DM Little	XVII. C. 4.
	L26011	Sigmn AS MacArtney	II. C. 2.
	D116638	Sigmn A MacFarlane	XV. H. 8.
	H38607	Sigmn WJ McKay	XVII. D. 15.
	B81153	Sigmn HJ Patch	XVIII. H. 1.
	-	Lt HF Pedlar	I. E. 3.
	F26306	Sgt FE Pineau	XV. G. 3.
	A2283	LCpl WJ Ray	XIV. H. 3.
	C10254	Sigmn WLN Simpson	XX. A. 9.
	C10021	Cpl JA Snider	II. C. 4.
	H38526	LCpl GW Suffron	IV. H. 3.
	L22328	Cpl AA Zillinsky	II. C. 3.

See also

• Veteran Affairs Canada
• Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery