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LA TRINITÉ-SUR-MER COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Morbihan

France


GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 47.58741, Longitude: -3.03062

Location Information

La Trinité-sur-Mer is a village and commune 10 kilometres south of the town of Auray on the Port Louis-Sarzeau road. The Communal Cemetery is on the eastern side of the village on the road to St Philibert.


History Information

It is best reached by taxi from Auray, which is on the Paris-Le Mans-Nantes Quimper railway line. The burial is right (south) of the main path from the entrance, near the boundary wall.


Burial Details


566240 Sergeant Douglas Archibald George Matthews, Pilot in 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 17th December 1940, aged 24. Son of Thomas George and Louisa Naomi Beatrice Matthews, of Slough, Buckinghamshire; husband of Eilleen Mabel Matthews, of Slough.

Images in gallery © Christine Da Closta

La Trinité-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
La Trinité-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
La Trinité-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
La Trinité-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
La Trinité-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
La Trinité-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery

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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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