The Ryes British War Cemetery at Bazenville between Ryes and Crepon is the final resting place of 988 soldiers and was the first British military cemetery to be built following the D-Day landings.
The site – managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission – contains 653 Commonwealth graves – 630 British, 21 Canadian, one Australian, and one Polish, alongside 335 German war graves.
Many of those buried her are from the British 50th Northumberland Infantry Division who landed on Gold Beach on June 6 but there are also graves of sailors and airmen who lost their lives in the surrounding area. There are 67 graves of unknown soldiers and sailors.
Notable burials here include two brothers – Royal Marine Commando Robert Casson who died on June 6 aged 25 and his younger brother Private Joseph Casson, killed on June 27 aged 18 while serving with the Durham Light Infantry. They rest next to each other.
Near to the back row of the cemetery you can find the headstone of professional footballer Lee Miller – a Serjeant in the Seaforth Highlanders who died on June 25, 1944, aged 26. Prior to the war he played for York City as a forward.