Ranville Church
Ranville Churchyard contains 47 Commonwealth burials, one of which is unidentified and an identified German grave.
The Commonwealth graves include Lieutenant Herbert Denham Brotheridge of the 2nd Battalion, Oxf & Bucks Light Infantry who was the first Allied soldier killed in action on D-Day during the Coup de Main attack on Pegasus bridge. Lieutenant Brotheridge was shot in the neck by a German machine gun while storming across the bridge .
The church its self has a stained glass window commemorating the 6th Airborne Division.














