Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery
| Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery | |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
 Hottot-les-Bagues British war cemetery | |
| Used for those deceased 1944 | |
| Established | 1944 |
| Location | 49°09′39″N 0°37′35″W / 49.1608°N 0.6264°W near Hottot-les-Bagues, Calvados, France |
| Designed by | Philip D. Hepworth |
| Total burials | 1,005 |
Unknowns | 56 |
| Burials by nation | |
| Burials by war | |
| Statistics source: [1] | |
Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery is a British Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located 15 km south-west of Bayeux, Normandy. The cemetery contains 1,005 commonwealth war graves and 132 German war graves.[1]
History
The majority of the soldiers interred in the cemetery were killed in late June and July 1944 as the Allies pushed south of Bayeux and then south-west to encircle Caen. Many casualties were involved in fighting around Tilly-sur-Seulles.
Two brigadiers are interred in the cemetery; John Roland Mackintosh-Walker of the Seaforth Highlanders and James Hargest from the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
Location
The cemetery is 14 km south-east of Bayeux, between Hottot-les-Bagues and Juvigny-sur-Seulles on the D.9 road.
See also
- American Battle Monuments Commission
- UK National Inventory of War Memorials
- German War Graves Commission
- List of military cemeteries in Normandy
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery.
References
- ^ "Cemetery". www.cwgc.org.
Further reading
- Shilleto, Carl, and Tolhurst, Mike (2008). "A Traveler’s Guide to D-Day and the Battle of Normandy". Northampton, Mass.: Interlink. ISBN 1-56656-555-3
