ÉRÉAC COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Côtes d'Armor
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.27454, Longitude: -2.34403
Location Information
Éréac is a Brittany village and is best visited, internally, by plane Paris/Rennes, and then by car (hire/taxi). The recommended route is by using the N12 (E50) and on reaching the Broom junction (St Brieuc 45 Kilometres/Renne 53 kilometres), take the southwest direction on the D793 to Éréac (10 kilometres). The Communal Cemetery will be found on the left hand side as you enter the village.
The war graves of the 3 Canadian airmen will be found next to the Calvary (centre, slightly to the left as you walk into the cemetery).
Éréac is a Brittany village and is best visited, internally, by plane Paris/Rennes, and then by car (hire/taxi). The recommended route is by using the N12 (E50) and on reaching the Broom junction (St Brieuc 45 Kilometres/Renne 53 kilometres), take the southwest direction on the D793 to Éréac (10 kilometres). The Communal Cemetery will be found on the left hand side as you enter the village.
The war graves of the 3 Canadian airmen will be found next to the Calvary (centre, slightly to the left as you walk into the cemetery).
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
R/107016 Sergeant
Max Ernest Putnam
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
26th January 1943.
Max Ernest Putnam
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
26th January 1943.
Other Burial Details
R/110339 Flight Sergeant Wallace Alfred Lawrence Masterman, Air Gunner in 424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 26th January 1943, aged 20. Son of John Broatch Masterman and Martha Jane Masterman, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "Living For Duty, Dying In Glory"
R/118176 Sergeant Vernon Frederick McHarg, Pilot in 24 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 26th January 1943, aged 21. Son of J. M. McHarg and Helene McHarg, of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In The Lord"
R/110339 Flight Sergeant Wallace Alfred Lawrence Masterman, Air Gunner in 424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 26th January 1943, aged 20. Son of John Broatch Masterman and Martha Jane Masterman, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "Living For Duty, Dying In Glory"
R/118176 Sergeant Vernon Frederick McHarg, Pilot in 24 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 26th January 1943, aged 21. Son of J. M. McHarg and Helene McHarg, of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In The Lord"
