Plate Agon-Coutainville

Plaque paying tribute to the six volunteers who boarded Léon-Paul LEGRAVEREND's dory to row to Jersey.


 Text on the plaque:

Passing remember!
From this shore on June 27, 1940, answering the call of General De Gaulle, six volunteers embarked on the fisherman's dory Léon-Paul LEGRAVEREND to row to Jersey.
 Their names were:

René DUVAL
André JERUSALEMY
Pierre LEMASSON
Maurice LETELLIER
Lucien MOUSSEAU
Jean RENOUX
Workers from Coutençais or students, they offered their youth so that France could regain its Honor and Liberty.

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