PLOUESCAT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Finistère
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.65521, Longitude: -4.17558
Location Information
Take the Morlaix to Brest road, D58, and take the exit for Plouescat, D10. Head towards the town centre until a small square (where parking is permitted), with a hotel in the corner, is reached. The Communal Cemetery adjoins the Square with just a small road in between. The CWGC plot lies on the left hand side of the entrance.
History Information
Most of the graves are of sailors belonging to the Royal Canadian Navy who lost their lives when H.M.C.S. Athabaskan was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on 29th April, 1944.
There is 1, 1914-18 and 59, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 25 are unidentified.
Total Burials: 60.
World War One Identified Casualty: United Kingdom 1.
World War Two Identified Casualties: Canada 34.
World War Two Unidentified Casualties: Canada 25.
Entrance, World War One Grave and World War Two Graves
Images © Thierry Grier
V/12833 Able Seaman
George Albert Armstrong
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
29th April 1944, aged 23.
Row A. 5.
George Albert Armstrong
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
29th April 1944, aged 23.
Row A. 5.
2408 Chief Petty Officer
Laurent Joseph Lucien Bertrand
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Navy
29th April 1944, aged 33.
Row B. 38.
Son of Adolphe and Eva Bertrand; husband of Mary Madeleine Veronica Bertrand, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "God Bless Him And Grant To Him The Peace Of Heaven"
Laurent Joseph Lucien Bertrand
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Navy
29th April 1944, aged 33.
Row B. 38.
Son of Adolphe and Eva Bertrand; husband of Mary Madeleine Veronica Bertrand, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "God Bless Him And Grant To Him The Peace Of Heaven"
V/11886 Able Seaman
Leonard Clayton Irvine
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
29th April 1944, aged 20.
Row A. 8.
Leonard Clayton Irvine
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
29th April 1944, aged 20.
Row A. 8.
40911 Leading Stoker
John Wesley Maguire
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Navy
29th April 1944.
Row B. 39.
John Wesley Maguire
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Navy
29th April 1944.
Row B. 39.
O/45890 Lieutenant (SP)
John Daniel Mahoney
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
29th April 1944, aged 22.
Row B. 30.
Son of Daniel Joseph and Alice Katherine Mahoney, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "While He Lies In Peaceful Sleep, His Memory I Shall Always Keep"
John Daniel Mahoney
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
29th April 1944, aged 22.
Row B. 30.
Son of Daniel Joseph and Alice Katherine Mahoney, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "While He Lies In Peaceful Sleep, His Memory I Shall Always Keep"
Headstone images correspond to Roll of Honour Photographs
Images © Thierry Grier
O/54790 Sub-Lieutenant
Robert Arthur Nash
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Navy
29th April 1944, aged 22.
Row A. Grave 10.
Son of Thomas Arthur and Amy Blanche Nash, of Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
His headstone bears the inscription "The Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead"
Robert Arthur Nash
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Navy
29th April 1944, aged 22.
Row A. Grave 10.
Son of Thomas Arthur and Amy Blanche Nash, of Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
His headstone bears the inscription "The Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead"
V/6869 Able Seaman
Joseph Arthur Lucien Riendeau
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
29th April 1944, aged 24.
Row B. 31.
Joseph Arthur Lucien Riendeau
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
29th April 1944, aged 24.
Row B. 31.
V/15272 Able Seaman
Jean George Lionel Senecal
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
29th April 1944, aged 19.
Row A. 4.
Son of Albert J. Senecal and Amelia Senecal, of St. Vincent-de-Paul, Laval Co., Province of Quebec, Canada.
Jean George Lionel Senecal
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
29th April 1944, aged 19.
Row A. 4.
Son of Albert J. Senecal and Amelia Senecal, of St. Vincent-de-Paul, Laval Co., Province of Quebec, Canada.
O/70990 Lieutenant Commander
John Hamilton Stubbs, D. S. O. & D. S. C.
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Navy
29th April 1944, aged 31.
Row B. 35.
Son of Maj. John Hamilton Stubbs and Dorothy Bessie Stubbs; husband of Ruth Stubbs, of St. John's Wood, London.
John Hamilton Stubbs, D. S. O. & D. S. C.
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Navy
29th April 1944, aged 31.
Row B. 35.
Son of Maj. John Hamilton Stubbs and Dorothy Bessie Stubbs; husband of Ruth Stubbs, of St. John's Wood, London.
V/35953 Telegraphist
Reginald John Watson
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
29th April 1944, aged 23.
Row A. 3.
Son of James and Marie Antoinette Delrue Watson; husband of Ann Elizabeth Joan McGarry Watson, of New York City, U.S.A.
Reginald John Watson
H. M. C. S. Athabaskan, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
29th April 1944, aged 23.
Row A. 3.
Son of James and Marie Antoinette Delrue Watson; husband of Ann Elizabeth Joan McGarry Watson, of New York City, U.S.A.
Image above © John Duncan
