Pornic, France. June 16, 2024 : Military grave of a "Royal Engineer" in the Commonwealth War Cemetery, who died at 22 years old during the sinking of Cunard Line's ocean Liner RMS Lancastria (requisitioned as troopship) the 17th June 1940 near St Nazaire. Every year commemorations of the tragedy, which had been censored from English news on Churchill's orders, take place. This disaster at sea that killed 4000/7000 victims is the largest single ship loss of life in British maritime history, bodies of soldiers & sailors washed up on French beaches for months. Credit: Kevin Izorce/Alamy Live News

Pornic, France. June 16, 2024 : Military grave of a "Royal Engineer" in the Commonwealth War Cemetery, who died at 22 years old during the sinking of Cunard Line's ocean Liner RMS Lancastria (requisitioned as troopship) the 17th June 1940 near St Nazaire. Every year commemorations of the tragedy, which had been censored from English news on Churchill's orders, take place. This disaster at sea that killed 4000/7000 victims is the largest single ship loss of life in British maritime history, bodies of soldiers & sailors washed up on French beaches for months. Credit: Kevin Izorce/Alamy Live News Stock Photo
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16 June 2024

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British War Cemetery, Pornic, Loire Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe

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