Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery

They Died For Us!

The cemetery at Normandy brings to home of the scope of how many men gave their lives for their country. Seeing row after row after row of crosses was extremely moving. It is a must see!

Young men who volunteered to liberate NAZI occupied Europe

My mother's first cousin, Ian Philip MACDONALD, was killed in action on a night patrol on 19th June 1944 at the railway bridge just south of Putot-en-Bessin aged 24. He is buried in this cemetery.

My great uncle James John McDougall

26/06/19 We found your place of rest with the help of a lovely French gardener. So peaceful and so humbling thank you our French friends for keeping everything beautiful. My dad is 95 and this visit...

So peaceful

The cemetery was so meticulously groomed. The flowers that adorned the monuments were lovely. There were very few people the day we visited, so it was extremely peaceful and birds were singing. It ...

Must visit if you are Canadian

We saw signs on the way to Juno Beach Centre decision was made let’s visit Seeing this Canadian cemetery was touching experience It’s nicely taken care of.