BRIGNOGAN-PLAGE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Finistère
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.66514, Longitude: -4.32948
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.
World War Two Identified Casualties: Canada 1, United Kingdom 1. Total 2.
World War Two Unidentified Casualties: Canada 8, United Kingdom 1. Total 9.
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.
World War Two Identified Casualties: Canada 1, United Kingdom 1. Total 2.
World War Two Unidentified Casualties: Canada 8, United Kingdom 1. Total 9.
Images in gallery below © Jane Full
V/51109 Able Seaman
Marshall Lloyd Gibbons
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
29th April 1944, aged 19.
Son of Bert G. Gibbons and Minnie H. Gibbons, of London, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greatly Missed And Ever Remembered By Parents And Family"
Marshall Lloyd Gibbons
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
29th April 1944, aged 19.
Son of Bert G. Gibbons and Minnie H. Gibbons, of London, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greatly Missed And Ever Remembered By Parents And Family"
Other Identified Burial
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. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Our Only Son. We Who Loved Him Mourn In Silence, Unseen"
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. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Our Only Son. We Who Loved Him Mourn In Silence, Unseen"
