Pornic, France. June 16, 2024 : Military grave of crew member in the Commonwealth War Cemetery, who died as Third Officer during the horrific sinking of Cunard Line's ocean Liner RMS Lancastria (requisitioned as troopship) on 17 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

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Location: British War Cemetery, Pornic, Loire Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Photo credit: © KEVIN IZORCE / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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