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Ryes War Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Entrance to the war cemetery
Used for those deceased 1944
Established1944
Location49°18′01″N 0°36′03″W / 49.3002°N 0.6008°W / 49.3002; -0.6008
near 
Bazenville, Calvados, France
Designed byPhilip D. Hepworth
Total burials979
Unknowns
67
Burials by nation
United Kingdom: 630

Canada: 21
Australia: 1
Poland: 1

Germany: 335
Burials by war
World War II
Statistics source: CWGC

Ryes War Cemetery is a Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers located close to the commune of Bazenville, 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Bayeux, Normandy, France. The graveyard contains 653 Commonwealth war graves, one Polish and 335 German war graves. The cemetery is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[1]

  1. ^ "Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville". www.cwgc.org.

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