Pornic war Cementary - Pornic - PdlL - France
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N 47° 07.085 W 002° 05.735
30T E 568607 N 5218683
Veteran cementery in Pornic
Waymark Code: WMWHKE
Location: Pays de la Loire, France
Date Posted: 09/07/2017
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PORNIC WAR CEMETERY
Country: France
Region: Loire-Atlantique
Total identified casualties: 237
Casualties from First & Second World War
Location Information
Pornic is on the north side of Borgneuf Bay and is 51 kilometres west-south-west of Nantes and 20 kilometres south-south-east of St Nazaire via the bridge over the River Loire. The Cemetery is on the north-eastern outskirts of the town one kilometre east of the church on the south side of the road to Chauve.
History Information
Many of those buried here were washed ashore after the sinking by the enemy of the troopship "Lancastria" in the Bay of Biscay on 17th June 1940. There are now 2 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 395 of the 1939-1945 war commemorated here. Of the 1939-1945 war, 160 are unidentified. Special Memorials inscribed "Buried near this spot" record the names of soldiers and airmen whose graves in the cemetery were not precisely located. There are 3 non world war burials here, 2 of which are unidentified.
Cimetière de 399 tombes de soldats du Commonwealth.
Parmi les 399 tombes du Cimetière britannique, 200 soldats britanniques ainsi que des Canadiens, Australiens, Néo Zélandais, Africains du Sud et Indiens sont enterrés suite au naufrage du Lancastria le 17 juin 1940.
Les cimetières du Clion et de Sainte Marie sur Mer comptent aussi quelques tombes militaires.
Visit Instructions:
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