Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu (; br, Sant-Filberzh-Deaz) is a
commune
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Angers
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, and Nantes. The town is twinned with the Welsh suburb of Radyr in Cardiff, Wales's Capital.
Population
Related persons
Vicomte
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Bertrand Jochaud du Plessix, a lieutenant in the
Free French Forces
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, reposes in the local cemetery. He died along with three comrades on 30 June 1940 when they were shot down by the Spanish while attempting to land their aircraft in
Gibraltar
)
, anthem = " God Save the King"
, song = " Gibraltar Anthem"
, image_map = Gibraltar location in Europe.svg
, map_alt = Location of Gibraltar in Europe
, map_caption = United Kingdom shown in pale green
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, image_map2 = Gib ...
. He was first buried at Gibraltar, and was reinterred in Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu. He was awarded
Compagnon de la Libération
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posthumously in May 1941.
His daughter is the American writer
Francine du Plessix Gray
Francine du Plessix Gray (September 25, 1930 – January 13, 2019), was a French-American Pulitzer Prize–nominated writer and literary critic.
Early life and education
She was born on September 25, 1930, in Warsaw, Poland, where her father ...