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In memory of
GORDON WILLIAM BUNN
Private
G/10298
North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Who died on
Tuesday, 8th August 1944, Age 28.
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Gordon William Bun, son of William Gordon Bunn and Alice Mable
( Barnett ) Bunn of
New Jerusalem in the Parish of Hampstead, Queens Co., New Brunswick.
Commemorative Information
BRETTEVILLE-SUR LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France
XV.A.10.
This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road
from Caen to Falaise (route N158) about 14
kilometres south of Caen and just north of the village
of Cintheaux. The village of Bretteville lies 3
kilometres south-west of the cemetery.
Buried here are those who died during the later
stages of the battles of Normandy, the capture of
Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by
the 4th Canadian and 1st
Polish Armoured Division), 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 Corps is represented in the Cemetery.
There are now nearly 3,000, 1939-45 war
casualties commemorated in this site.
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In memory of
EDWARD DAVID ELDER
Trooper
G/53743
Attd. H.Q. 4th Cdn. Armd. Bde., Royal Canadian Armoured
Corps
Who died on
Monday, 14th August 1944, Age 27.
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Edward David Elder, son of John B. and Anne E. ( Vallis ) Elder of
New Jerusalem in the Parish of Hampstead, Queens Co., New Brunswick.
Commemorative Information
BRETTEVILLE-SUR LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France
XV.A.10.
This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to
Falaise (route N158) about 14
kilometres south of Caen and just north of the village of Cintheaux.
The village of Bretteville lies 3
kilometres south-west of the cemetery.
Buried here are those who died during the later
stages of the battles of Normandy, the capture of Caen
and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th
Canadian and 1st
Polish Armoured Division), 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
Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are now nearly
3,000, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in
this site.
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In memory of
JOSEPH LAMBERT HAMILTON
Trooper
G/663
12th Army Tank Regt., Three Rivers Regiment,
R.C.A.C.
Who died on
Monday, 21st July 1943, Age 24.
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Son of James Arno Hamilton and Ella Hamilton of New
Jerusalem in the Parish of Hampstead,
Queens Co., New Brunswick.
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AGIRA CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, SICILY, ITALY B.B. 141
Agira Canadian War Cemetery lies in the Commune of Agira, Province
of Enna, in the center of Sicily.
From the autostrada A19, Catania-Palermo, take the exit to
Catenanuova. Follow the autostrada A19,
Catania-Palermo, take the exit to Catenanuova. Follow
signposts to Regalbuto, then pass Regalbuto,
going in the direction of Agira. The cemetery is then
signposted about 12 km from Regalbuto. The
cemetery is permanently open and may be visited anytime.
It was felt to be desirable, after the Sicilian
campaign, to concentrate into one cemetery the graves of all
Canadians who fell during the campain, and the
site at Agira was selected for that purpose by Canadian
officers at the beginning of September 1943.
There are now nearly 500, 1939-45 war casualties
commemorated in this site. Of these, a
small number are unidentified. On the South side of the road
from
Catania to Agira, a little less than one
kilometer West of Regalbuto, stands a memorial to the officers and
men of the 2nd Battalion. The
Devonshire Regiment who were killed in the fight to capture the
neighbouring ridge.
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