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BRIGNOGAN-PLAGE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Finistère
France

Location Information

Brignogan-Plage is a large village and commune 74 kilometres north-north-west of Quimper and about 33 kilometres north-east of Brest. The communal cemetery is west of the village, just off the main road from Lesneven.


History Information

There are 11, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 9 are unidentified.


Burial Details


1375580 Sergeant Gordon Henry Norman Davey, Pilot in 79 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 18th December 1941, aged 27. Son of Edward and Catherine Emily Davey, of Brixton, London. INSCRIPTION. IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR ONLY SON. WE WHO LOVED HIM MOURN IN SILENCE, UNSEEN.

V/51109 Able Seaman Marshall Lloyd Gibbons, H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, died 29th April 1944, aged 19. Son of Bert G. Gibbons and Minnie H. Gibbons, of London, Ontario, Canada. INSCRIPTION. GREATLY MISSED AND EVER REMEMBERED BY PARENTS AND FAMILY.

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The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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