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LA ROCHELLE (ST. ELOI) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Charente-Maritime

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 46.16296, Longitude: -1.13407​

Location Information

La Rochelle is an important port on the Biscay coast, just over 480 kilometres from Paris. The communal cemetery is in the locality of St. Eloi, to the north-east of the town. There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war here, to the right of the war memorial.

Burial Details


1365038 Sergeant James William McLean, Pilot, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th October 1942, aged 22. Son of James and Mary Merry, of Hamilton, Lanarkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "I Give Unto Them Eternal Life;... Neither Shall Any Man Pluck Them Out Of My Hand" 

Images in this gallery © Jean-Claude Graux

La Rochelle (St. Eloi) Communal Cemetery
La Rochelle (St. Eloi) Communal Cemetery
La Rochelle (St. Eloi) Communal Cemetery
La Rochelle (St. Eloi) Communal Cemetery
La Rochelle (St. Eloi) Communal Cemetery
La Rochelle (St. Eloi) Communal 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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