Located
near the historic Pegasus Bridge site, Ranville Cemetery holds 2,564
graves, including those of 2,154 British soldiers, 76
Canadians, 3 New Zealanders, 1 Australian, 1
Belgian and one unidentified body. 322 of them belong to
German soldiers.
Some bodies lie in the communal cemetery next to the
military one, including that of Lieutenant Brotheridge, the first
Allied soldier to die on French soil, who fell while crossing Bénouville
Bridge.
