Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery

In the Calvados region of France. 2,874 identified casualties from WW2 rest here. The cemetery lies on the west side of the main route N158 from Caen to Falaise, about 14 kilometres south of Caen and just north of the village of Cintheaux. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the cemetery.

For the most part, those buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards - led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions - to close the Falaise Gap. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the cemetery.

The cemetery contains 2,958 Second World War burials, the majority Canadian, and 87 of them unidentified.

(Source CWGC Website https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/2032600/bretteville-sur-laize-canadian-war-cemetery/)