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GUISCRIFF COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Morbihan

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.04713, Longitude: -3.64972

Location Information

Guiscriff is a village and commune some 17 kilometres north-east of Rosporden, a town on the Paris-Le Mans-Quimper railway line. The communal cemetery is about 300 metres west of the village church on the southern side of the road to Scaer.


History Information

The one British casualty is buried with two Frenchmen in a grave marked by a marble memorial erected by the local people. This grave is 10 metres north-east of the entrance.
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Images in gallery below © Jane Full

Guiscriff Communal Cemetery
Guiscriff Communal Cemetery
Guiscriff Communal Cemetery
Guiscriff Communal Cemetery
Guiscriff Communal Cemetery
Guiscriff Communal Cemetery
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91977 Major
Colin
 Malcolm Ogden-Smith, Efficeincy Decoration, Mentioned in Despatches
Royal Artillery attached to Jedburgh Team (Francis), Special Operations Executive 

Killed in a firefight with German troops on 29 July 1944, aged 33.

More information on Major Ogden-Smith can be found in the book called "Codenamed Dorset"



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Disclaimer


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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