Banneville-la-Campagne
To read the Wikipedia entry on this village please click here.
A major Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery is located on the edge of the village. To read the description of the Cemetery, and access the records of those commemorated and buried there, please click here.
In addition to many men of 70th Brigade, the author's maternal uncle, Lance Corporal John Lawrence QUINN - after whom he is named - KILLED in ACTION on the morning of 15th JUly 1944 in the preparation for the assault on Esquay - is buried here together with the other men of his Section in 2nd Battalion, City of Glasgow Highlanders, Highland Light Infantry.
The photographs of the village taken during the research trip are set out below:-
The headstones of all the 70th Brigade casulaties buried in the Cemetery were also photographed and were added to the individual Memorial Pages as a modest tribute to their sacrifice.
