Canada: 76 Australia: 1 New Zealand: 1 Belgium: 1 France: 5 Poland: 1 Unknown Allied: 1 German: 322 Ranville War Cemetery is a Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located in Ranville, 10 km (6.2 mi) north east of Caen, Normandy.

The cemetery contains predominantly British soldiers killed during the early stages of the Battle of Normandy.

[1] Ranville was the first village to be liberated by elements of the British 6th Airborne Division on the morning of 6 June 1944 (D-Day) when the nearby (Pegasus Bridge) over the Caen Canal was attacked and captured.

The cemetery contains the grave of Lieutenant Den Brotheridge - considered to be the first Allied death on D-Day.

Contained within the cemetery is a Cross of Sacrifice, a piece of architecture typical of memorials designed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.