IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden
The visit of Commonwealth graves in Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France
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BRETTEVILLE Sur LAIZE Canadian War Cemetery (Calvados France)
Page 1 The Pictures
Page 2 List of Casualties
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| Photo Courtesy Shirley Stone (Can.) |
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| Photo Courtesy Regis Biaux (Fr) |
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| F/O David Webster Goodwin aged 23 | F/O Joseph Hong aged 23 | W/O Cl. I Joseph Gaston Jacques aged 23 |
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| Sgt Wilfred Gordon Harris aged 22 | Sgt Jack Hopper aged 21 | F/O Charles Beverly Wickoff aged 28 |
| The crew of the Whitley AD701, 24 OTU,
shot down by an enemy flak battery located at Madeleine Meadows, near Sées,
Orne, France, on the night of 22/05/1944. Airborne Long Marston to drop leaflets in the Alencon region of France. Monument erected in their honour 08/05/2005 at La Potence, near Sées, Calvados. for Shirley Stone, Picton, Ontario, Can. |
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| Joseph Hong's brother, Pte George Hong
was Kia 08/09/1944 aged 18. He was in The West Nova Scotia Regiment R.C.I.C., he is buried at Ancona War Cem. Grave 1.F.20. |
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| Part of the crew of the Halifax bomber
from 298 Sqn, departed from RAF Tarrant-Rushton on the night of 15/07/1944,
on S.O.E. Mission, "Stationer", to drop medical supplies and ammunition
in the area around Chatellerault - LeBlanc, France. Shot down by German
flak battery near the Normandy town of Larré. Standing J. F. Crossley & D. W. Smith buried with two others members of the crew in Le Mans West Cem. Kneeling W. E. Linning & J. W. R. Fournier. |
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| F/O William Edward Linning aged 24 | |
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| W/O Cl. I Joseph Wilfred Romeo Fournier aged 27 | |
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| Memorial Monument erected in 2004 in
Larré on the crash site. for Shirley Stone, Picton, Ontario, Can. |
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Tragedy of St Georges des Groseillers around 6PM 11/06/1944. About 250 Canadian POW's who were captured 7 - 8/06/1944. When on a forced march, guarded by Feldgendarmerie, the column was strafed by American Mustang pilots who mistook the column for German troops. Ten POW's were killed and 39 wounded and, of the wounded, five soon after died from their wounds. Here are the men, compiled by Shirley Stone, Picton, Ontario, Can. |
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| Additional information: Pte Byrne - Pte Deveau - Sgt Foster - Rfm Keir - Rfm Mashall - Rfm Peck - Pte Ritchie - Rfm Sabiston - Pte Sampson & Rfm Stewart: Died and were buried in Saint Georges-des-Groseillers Com. Cem., exhumed and re-interred here in 04/1946 Sgt Davie - Rfm Kimmel & Rfm Morin Died in infirmary and were buried at La Chapelle-au-Moine, exhumed and re-interred here in 08/1945 L/Cpl Evans & Pte Gallant Died in infirmary and buried in Flers, exhumed and re-interred here on 06/07/1945 The CWGC has wrong information for some of the dates of deaths in the strafing. All information about these men have been provided with regard to their true dates of death. Original burial records from SGdG, La Chapelle-au-Moine, and Flers, have been verified by Shirley Stone. |
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| Signalman Oscar Albrecht 24/01/1919 - 17/07/1944 Oscar was born in Leader Saskatchewan. for Ralph and his niece, Beula Woods |
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| Pte Billy Elwyn Speiran 05/11/1923 - 30/07/1944 Billy was the second son of Wesley and Mabel (Ainsworth) Speiran born and raised on a farm on the Eighth Concession of Mara Township. He attended school in Udney. One of his greatest accomplishments was winning the big silver cup at the Plowing Match. He enjoyed the outdoors, especially fields and trees so when he decided to come to the city, he found employment with Cedarvale Tree Surgeons in Toronto and surrounding area. He worked there until he enlisted in the Army. Billy was killed by a sniper . for the Ramara Historical Society http://ramarahistoricalsociety.net/ |
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| Pte James Palardy 08/08/1944 aged 28 | |
2871 casualties
IF You have a casualty picture, please send me a copy, I'll be glad to show it on this page.
IF You want a king size copy of this picture (300/900 ko - 2592/1944 pixels) please e-mail me.
Casualties informations come usualy from Commonwealth War Graves Commission, see links for more informations
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