Bény-sur-Mer is a Canadian War Cemetery near Caen that contains Canadian soldiers that were killed during the early stages of the Battle of Normandy during WWII. Bény-sur-Mer contains the remains of nine sets of brothers.
Bény-sur-Mer was created as a permanent resting place for Canadian soldiers who had been temporarily interred in smaller plots close to where they fell. As is usual for war cemeteries or monuments, France granted Canada a perpetual concession to the land occupied by the cemetery. The graves contain soldiers from the 3rd Canadian Division and 15 airmen killed during the Battle of Normandy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9ny-sur-Mer_Canadian_War_Cemetery
Number of graves: 2,048; missing in action: 1,800. Some of the Canadian Prisoners of War illegally executed at the Ardenne Abbey are interred here.
Above left: Cemetery Register books which can be located at all Canadian cemeteries in France can be signed by visitors. Above right: a tower that affords more views of Bény-sur-Mer cemetery.
Click here for Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Government of Canada.
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