My Husband wants to visit the war graves in France, which one's would you recommend he visits?

Take a ferry from Portsmouth to Le Havre.. hire a car or take your own (you will need it!) then drive to Caen.. From there you can visit many places like Honfleur and Bayeaux and an awful lot of war graves.. along the coast there are many places of interest... you will enjoy.. at Bayeaux there is a war museum too..

Depends if he wants to visit first world war or second world war. nearest to Calais will be the first world war ones, find many around the Somme. For WW2, head to Normandy, near the landing beaches

Don't go dover-calais, but rather take the boat from Portsmouth and go directly to Normandy, where the graveyards are. A very interesting trip. I would really recommend buying and reading this book first, it will prepare him for all the best sights. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mrs-Holts-Battlefield-Normandy-Landing-Beaches/dp/0850526620

Thiepval, its where my great grandfather is mentioned as war dead on the huge memorial there

he should definitely visit the Somme..see yahoo maps

i dunno know but i went to luxembourg and saw the grave of general patton very impressive

if you go to http://www.silentcities.co.uk most of the graves sites can be found on the website

i would suggest you wright or phone the imperial war museum in London as they will have all the information you require for your trip

I have been to two - in Ypres (which is the French spelling, Ipres is the Belgian) and in Boulogne (actually Boulogne-sur-Mer). They are both about the same distance from Calais - about 40 or 50 miles. Boulogne has more actual graveyards I think, and they range from the small, quiet ones (the Eastern Cemetary) to the large, dramatic ones. You can find good descriptions of each, and directions to them, on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission web site. Whichever ones you go to, remember to sign the vistor's book there. I always take a flower as well and place it on one of the graves. They are VERY moving places.