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ST. NAZAIRE (TOUTES-AIDES) CEMETERY
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​Loire-Atlantique

​France


GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 47.28131, Longitude: -2.21629

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Location Information

St. Nazaire is a coastal town in the Department of the Loire-Atlantique, 65 kilometres west of Nantes and 124 kilometres south-west of Rennes. 
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The Commonwealth War Graves Plot lies within the grounds of the Communal Cemetery, which is not far from the railway and bus station. Head west on Bd Willy Brandt toward Bd in the direction of 'Toute-Aide', turn left on boulevard Paul Perrin. Keep right at the fork and continue onto Boulevard Victor Hugo.


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access to the cemetery is possible via the main entrance.  


Historical Information

There are now over 80, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Four of the British graves, now among the French, came from ST. NAZAIRE AMERICAN CEMETERY.

Casualty Details: UK 82, Germany 10, Total Burials: 92.
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Captain
Greville Hubert Robins Blount
Royal Field Artillery
​23rd September 1914, aged 31.
Row E. 86.

Son of the late Maj. Blount (R.A.) (killed in South African War).


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Lieutenant
James Francis Roy Gebbie
2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
4th October 1914, aged 26.
Row E. 91.

Son of James Gebbie, of Netherfield, Strathaven, Lanarkshire.


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71456 Gunner
Frank L. Wilkinson
47th Bty. Royal Field Artillery
1st October 1914.
Row D. 58.



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6483 Private
Charles Robert Young
13th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
27th September 1914, aged 23.
Row B. 34.

Son of Mrs. Anne Young, of 17, Sandymount Rd., Dublin, and the late Capt. Benjamin Poyntz Young (R.A.M.C.).


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American transport ship USS Susquehana at St. Nazaire, 17 January 1919. © IWM Q 70873
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