Commonwealth Cemetery Ranville
The Commonwealth Cemetery in Ranville has 2,236 graves, most of them British soldiers killed on D-Day or after, but also includes 90 "known only to God," 323 German graves and others of different nations. The cemetery is near Benouville, the first French town liberated on D-Day, and is next door to a church where there are other soldiers buried. I found the visit to the cemetery very moving, many of the soldiers were only boys of 17 or 18 years, some of them with wives and children left behind.
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Taken on Monday August 12, 2024
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Posted on Saturday November 16, 2024
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Jaap van 't Veen said:
In September i visited a lot of war cemeteries around Ypres in Belgium.
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Malik Raoulda said:
de tous ces soldats morts pour certains malgré eux..
Bonne et heureuse fin de soirée paisible et salutaire.
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Jocelyne Villoing said:
Bon dimanche Ron.
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Annemarie said:
Happy Sunday evening:)
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It is troubling that individuals and societies seem unable to learn from history and avoid repeating past mistakes, resulting in ongoing conflicts that are inhumane and avoidable.
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