La Délivrande British war cemetery

La Délivrande British war cemetery is a British Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located 14 km north of Caen, Normandy. The cemetery contains 943 commonwealth war graves and 180 German war graves.

History
The majority of the soldiers interred in the cemetery were killed on D-Day, 6 June 1944 and the following weeks as the Allies advanced south towards Caen. There are a number of burials of soldiers killed on Sword Beach - especially from the sectors Oboe and Peter.

The cemetery has a number of double headstones marked with "BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT".

Location
The cemetery is 14 km north of Caen on the D.7.