[visited 24 September 2006]
Set in an exceptionally bucolic location just a few miles east of bayeux the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery is set down amidst lush fields and rolling hills. Hard to image that so much horror and suffering once took place near here.
While the American cemeteries are dramatically laid out and generate a feeling of awe in the visitor, the Commonwealth policy was to permit every buried soldier’s family the opportunity to express their final sentiments on the headstone. We felt the policy very civilized and a poignant gesture of respect.
Maintained by The Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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