ST. BRIEUC WESTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Côtes-d'Armor
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.51441, Longitude: -2.7841
Location Information
St. Brieuc is the chief town and the seat of the Prefecture of the Department of the Côtes-d'Armor. The town lies 64 kilometres west of Dinard (Ille et Vilaine). The western communal cemetery is 2 kilometres from the railway station, between the road to Brest and the road to the local aerodrome. From the Prefecture, follow the Rue de la Corderie onto the Rue J Nicolas and then into Rue Pinot where the cemetery entrance will be found on the right hand side.
History Information
The great majority of the sailors buried at St. Brieuc Western Communal Cemetery lost their lives when H.M.S. Charybdis was sunk off the Bord de la Rance in October 1943. There are 92, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 35 are unidentified.
Total Burials: 92.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 54, Canada 3. Total 57.
World War Two Unidentified Casualties: 35.
St. Brieuc is the chief town and the seat of the Prefecture of the Department of the Côtes-d'Armor. The town lies 64 kilometres west of Dinard (Ille et Vilaine). The western communal cemetery is 2 kilometres from the railway station, between the road to Brest and the road to the local aerodrome. From the Prefecture, follow the Rue de la Corderie onto the Rue J Nicolas and then into Rue Pinot where the cemetery entrance will be found on the right hand side.
History Information
The great majority of the sailors buried at St. Brieuc Western Communal Cemetery lost their lives when H.M.S. Charybdis was sunk off the Bord de la Rance in October 1943. There are 92, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 35 are unidentified.
Total Burials: 92.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 54, Canada 3. Total 57.
World War Two Unidentified Casualties: 35.
Cemetery images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
D/KX 165371 Stoker 2nd Class
George Bowden
H.M.S. Charybdis, Royal Navy
23rd October 1943, aged 18.
Plot H. B. 5.
Son of James and Mary Jane Bowden, of South Bank, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "In The Garden Of Memories We Meet Every Day"
George Bowden
H.M.S. Charybdis, Royal Navy
23rd October 1943, aged 18.
Plot H. B. 5.
Son of James and Mary Jane Bowden, of South Bank, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "In The Garden Of Memories We Meet Every Day"
R/87313 Flight Sergeant
Alister Godfrey Cumming
218 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
6th November 1942, aged 20.
Plot H. A. 12.
Son of Alexander and Alice Margaret Cumming, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Safe In The Arms Of Jesus"
Alister Godfrey Cumming
218 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
6th November 1942, aged 20.
Plot H. A. 12.
Son of Alexander and Alice Margaret Cumming, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Safe In The Arms Of Jesus"
170639 Pilot Officer
Patrick Sidney William Daniel
247 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
28th February 1944, aged 22.
Plot H. F. 5.
Son of Emil McCarthy Daniel and of Agnes Sidney Daniel (Nee Wilkins); husband of Beatrice Doreen Daniel (nee Appleby), of Kensington, London.
His headstone bears the inscription "When Day's Tedious Empty Clamour Dies, Then I Remember... How Should I Forget?"
Patrick Sidney William Daniel
247 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
28th February 1944, aged 22.
Plot H. F. 5.
Son of Emil McCarthy Daniel and of Agnes Sidney Daniel (Nee Wilkins); husband of Beatrice Doreen Daniel (nee Appleby), of Kensington, London.
His headstone bears the inscription "When Day's Tedious Empty Clamour Dies, Then I Remember... How Should I Forget?"
129659 Pilot Officer
Percival Allan Davies
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
17th December 1942, aged 26.
Plot H. A .9.
Son of Arthur Stanley and Doris Davies; husband of Margaret Davies, of Cleveleys, Lancashire. University of Oxford Secondary Teachers' Art Certificate.
Percival Allan Davies
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
17th December 1942, aged 26.
Plot H. A .9.
Son of Arthur Stanley and Doris Davies; husband of Margaret Davies, of Cleveleys, Lancashire. University of Oxford Secondary Teachers' Art Certificate.
R/106392 Sergeant
Edward Carl Kehl
218 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
6th November 1942.
Plot H. A. 11.
Edward Carl Kehl
218 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
6th November 1942.
Plot H. A. 11.
R/50426 Warrant Officer Class II
Allen Rene White
247 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
27th June 1942.
Plot H. A. 14.
Allen Rene White
247 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
27th June 1942.
Plot H. A. 14.
