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MONTOIR-DE-BRETAGNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Loire-Atlantique

France


GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 47.32744, Longitude: -2.15218

Location Information

Montoir-de-Bretagne is a village and commune 3.75 miles (6 kilometres) north-east of St. Nazaire. It is on the main St. Nazaire-Chateaubriant road and is easily reached from St. Nazaire. The communal cemetery is in the village, north of the main road to Savenay. The one war grave is south-east of the main entrance.


Images in gallery below © Christine Da Costa

Montoir-de-Bretagne Communal Cemetery
Montoir-de-Bretagne Communal Cemetery
Montoir-de-Bretagne Communal Cemetery
Montoir-de-Bretagne Communal Cemetery
Montoir-de-Bretagne Communal Cemetery
Montoir-de-Bretagne Communal Cemetery
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R/176578 Flight Sergeant 
David Matthew Murphy
Air Bomber in 619 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force,
25th July 1944. 

Son of James and Mary Murphy, of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada.
 

His headstone bears the inscription "We Have Loved Him During Life Let Us Not Forget Him After Death"



Images in gallery below © Jane Full

Montoir-de-Bretagne Communal Cemetery
Montoir-de-Bretagne Communal Cemetery
Montoir-de-Bretagne Communal Cemetery
Montoir-de-Bretagne 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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