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FOURAS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Charente-Maritime

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 45.98995, Longitude: -1.0876

Location Information

Fouras is a small port and seaside resort on the Biscay coast 15 miles (25 kilometres) from La Rochelle and 9 miles (14 kilometres) from Rochefort. The communal cemetery is to the east of the town, on the right-hand side of a by-road (Rue de Fee de Bois) which runs parallel to the main road to Rochefort. In the far left quarter of the cemetery is the grave of one unknown British soldier of the 1939-1945 war.
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Images in gallery below © Jean-Claude Graux

Fouras Communal Cemetery
Fouras Communal Cemetery
Fouras Communal Cemetery
Fouras Communal Cemetery

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YVES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
ST. NAZAIRE-SUR-CHARENTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
ROCHEFORT-SUR-MER NAVAL CEMETERY


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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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