Friends of the Somme - Mid Ulster Branch
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St Charles De Percy War Cemetery
France
Location
Region : St. Charles de Percy, Calvados, France
Latitude : 48.92746
Lontitude : -0.801837
CWGC Link : 2005000
St. Charles de Percy is a village 44 kilometres south-west of Caen. Take the N175 south-westwards from Villers Bocage; after 5 kilometres take the left fork, the D577, towards Vire. After 15 kilometres, go through the little hamlet of La Ferroniere; turn left onto the D56 and right again after a few hundred metres. The War Cemetery will then be found on the left hand side.

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Cookstown Casualties
No     Rank Name Service No Regiment / Service Date Of Death Grave Ref
1 Portrait Gman McCallan, Peter 2723871 Irish Guards 11/08/1944 Grave 3-D-12
Cemetery History
The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944.
St Charles de Percy War Cemetery is the southernmost of the Normandy cemeteries. The majority of those buried here died in late July and early August 1944 in the major thrust made from Caumont l'Evente towards Vire, to drive a wedge between the German 7th Army and Panzer Group West. The cemetery contains 809 Second World War burials.
Cemetery Links
No Link Reference Doc
1 Findagrave.com Grave photos
2 War Graves Photo Project War Graves Photographic Project
3 Wikipedia - St Charles War Cemetery Details of cemetery
4 WWII Cemeteries Details of cemetery including some grave photos