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{{Short description|Second World War British military cemetery in France}}
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{{Infobox Military Cemetery
|name=Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery
|body=[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]
|image=Tilly-sur-Seulles - CWGC 9.JPG
|caption=Graves in the cemetery
|use_dates=1944
|established=1944
|designer=[[Philip D. Hepworth]]
|coordinates= {{coord|49.1755|-0.6260|type:landmark_region:FR|display=inline,title}}
|nearest_town=[[Saint-Charles-de-Percy War Cemetery]], Normandy, France
|total= 1222
|unknowns= 45
|commemorated=
|by_country=British 986<br>New Zealanders 2<br>Australian 1<br>Canadian 1<br>German 232
|by_war=[[World War II]]
|source=[https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2019700/tilly-sur-seulles-war-cemetery/ CWGC]
}}
'''Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery''' is a British [[Second World War]] cemetery of [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] soldiers located in the village of [[Tilly-sur-Seulles]], some {{convert|13|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [[Bayeux]] in [[Normandy]]. The cemetery contains 990 Commonwealth burials and 232 German graves.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2019700/tilly-sur-seulles-war-cemetery/|title=Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery|website=cwgc.org|accessdate= 2 March 2019}}</ref>
==History==
The majority of the soldiers interred in the cemetery were killed during the breakout battles (such as [[Operation Bluecoat]]) fought by the Allies in July and August 1944. Casualties are from the [[7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|7th Armoured Division]], [[49th (West Riding) Infantry Division]] and [[50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division]] as well as a number of [[Irish Guards]] officers and servicemen from the [[Royal Norfolk Regiment]]. Tilly-sur-Seulles was finally liberated on 18 June 1944 and the first interment in the cemetery was on 8 July 1944. A number of casualties previously in field graves were re-interred in the cemetery.
==Notable burials==
* [[Keith Douglas]], war poet, killed 9 June 1944
==Location==
The cemetery is {{convert|13|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of Bayeux on the road to [[Villers-Bocage, Calvados|Villers-Bocage]], on the D.13.
==See also==
* [[List of military cemeteries in Normandy]]
==References==
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==Further reading==
* Shilleto, Carl, and Tolhurst, Mike (2008). ''A Traveler’s Guide to D-Day and the Battle of Normandy''. Northampton, Mass.: Interlink. {{ISBN|1566565553}}
==External links==
* {{Find a Grave cemetery}}
{{Second World War military cemeteries in Normandy}}
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[[Category:British military memorials and cemeteries]]
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[[Category:Operation Overlord cemeteries]]
[[Category:World War II memorials in France]]
[[Category:1944 establishments in France]]