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SARZEAU COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Morbihan

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 47.5292, Longitude: -2.76824

Location Information

Sarzeau is a village in the Morbihan Department of France, about 14 kilometres south of Vannes. Enter Sarzeau on the D780 and take the first road into the town at Bourg. Continue along the road until you arrive at a retirement home. Take the "Route du Golf" and 100 metres on the right the communal cemetery is located on a 'no through road' called "Impasse de Gree". The two burials will be found on the left of the cemetery entrance against a wall.
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Sarzeau Communal Cemetery
Sarzeau Communal Cemetery
Sarzeau Communal Cemetery
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R/69360 Flight Sergeant 
James Lester Watkinson
115 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
16th November 1942, aged 24. 

Son of Harry T. Watkinson and Edna Mae Watkinson, of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. 

His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This That He Lays Down His Life For His People"



Other Burial Details

3779240 Private Thomas Diamond, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) and No. 2 Commando, died 28th March 1942.

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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VANNES (BOISMOREAU) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
ÎLE-AUX-MOINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
PLOUGOUMELEN 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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