A corner of France that is forever England: The Bayeux War Cemetery

The British cemetery in Bayeux is a place of peace and beauty

Beneath spreading chestnut trees, fallen soldiers of the Commonwealth rest

Crisply edged, pure green grass. The flowers, a riot of color from an English cottage garden. The messages from family that adorn each stone. Together, these touches somehow brought comfort and honor and a rightness as we wandered the largest of the British cemeteries, right here in Bayeux.

One of 338 unidentified soldiers buried here, each one “known to God”
One of several double graves, probably the remains of brother soldiers found together
Leaving a message of remembrance in the visitor register
1st Officer H.L. Abrin, an American with the R.A.F. Ferry Command, is one of over five hundred soldiers of other nationalities buried here. Surprisingly, most are German.
The epitaphs were as individual as the men who gave their all for freedom
Like the world, we will always remember

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