Pornic, France. June 16,2024: Anonymous grave of a "Soldier of the 1939-195 War" in the Commonwealth War Cemetery, who died during the sinking of the Cunard Line's ocean Liner RMS Lancastria (requisitioned as troopship) the 17th June 1940 near St Nazaire. Every year commemorations of this 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 : 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
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