SERVEL CHURCHYARD
Côtes-d'Armor
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.74586, Longitude: -3.48884
Location Information
Servel is a village and commune 60 kilometres north-west of St. Brieuc and about 3 kilometres north-west of Lannion. It is best reached by train to Plouaret, on the Paris-Le Mans St. Brieuc-Brest line, whence there is a branch line to Lannion. A taxi completes the journey. The churchyard is in the centre of the village. The burial is north of the church, in a small railed off enclosure containing also two French graves.
Burial Details
D/MX 90406 Ordnance Artificer 4th Class John Connolly, H. M. L. C. T. 7015, Royal Navy, died 18th October 1944, aged 33. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Connolly, of St. Helens, Lancashire; husband of Anne Connolly, of Eccleston, St. Helens. His headstone bears the inscription After Life's Uncheery Night The Harbour Of His Rest Is Neared. "Sweet Jesus, Mercy"
Servel is a village and commune 60 kilometres north-west of St. Brieuc and about 3 kilometres north-west of Lannion. It is best reached by train to Plouaret, on the Paris-Le Mans St. Brieuc-Brest line, whence there is a branch line to Lannion. A taxi completes the journey. The churchyard is in the centre of the village. The burial is north of the church, in a small railed off enclosure containing also two French graves.
Burial Details
D/MX 90406 Ordnance Artificer 4th Class John Connolly, H. M. L. C. T. 7015, Royal Navy, died 18th October 1944, aged 33. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Connolly, of St. Helens, Lancashire; husband of Anne Connolly, of Eccleston, St. Helens. His headstone bears the inscription After Life's Uncheery Night The Harbour Of His Rest Is Neared. "Sweet Jesus, Mercy"
