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1920 - 1944 (23 years)
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Name |
David Ellis Friend [1, 2] |
Birth |
16 Nov 1920 |
Algonquin, Ont., Canada [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Enlisted |
8 Jul 1940 |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [1] |
Death |
5 Aug 1944 |
France [1] |
Obittuary |
Aft 5 Aug 1944 |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [2] |
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Fact |
Governor General's Foot Guards, R.C.A.C. [1, 2] |
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21st Armd. Regt. [1, 2] |
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Army [2] |
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C58680 [1, 2] |
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Lance Corporal [1, 2] |
Burial |
Aft 5 Aug 1944 |
Calvados, France, [1] |
Address: BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY |
- Grave Reference: XV. A. 1.
This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.
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Person ID |
I126181 |
Lowertown |
Last Modified |
15 Oct 2021 |
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Notes |
- Son of Arthur and Dougan Friend; husband of Eleanor Mary Friend, of Ottawa, Ontario. [1]
- Commemorated on of the Second World War Book of Remembrance .
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Sources |
- [S3437] (Reliability: 3).
Canada, World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947
- [S3438] (Reliability: 3).
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM)
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