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Francis Ernest Raynor Brown

In memory of:

Private Francis Ernest Raynor Brown

June 17, 1940

Military Service


Service Number:

4978391

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regt.)

Additional Information


Son of Ernest Robert and Clara Brown, of Basford, Nottingham.

Commemorated on Page 11 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

LA BERNERIE-EN-RETZ COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Loire-Atlantique, France

Grave Reference:

Row C. Grave 10.

Location:

La Bernerie-en-Retz is a village and seaside resort in the Department of the Loire-Atlantique. It lies on the north-eastern side of Bourgneuf Bay, 48 kilometres by road west-south-west of Nantes and 8 kilometres south-east of Pornic, a small town and fishing port. The Communal Cemetery, which is 360 metres from the main street, is on the eastern side of the village and south-west of the church. The graves are in a plot in the southern part in the angle of two of the boundary walls.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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