Profile image
Military service
Age:
47
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Calgary Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
July 28, 1895
Bussum, Netherlands
Enlistment:
September 22, 1939
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24. Column 3.
Additional information
Son of Ernst Franz Insinger and Agathe Henriette Charlotte Marie Insinger; husband of Caroline Wolfine Jeannette Adolphine Cornelie Baroness Van Hemert Tot Dingshof Insinger and father of Ernst Frans Theodor Marie Insinger, of Calgary, Alberta.
Captain Insinger is commemorated on a plaque at Gymnasium Haganum, Laan van Meerdervoort, The Hague.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Captain Theodor Marie Insinger
-
Newspaper Clipping
From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Brookwood Memorial
-
Inscription on Brookwood Memorial
Captain Theodor Marie Insinger of the Calgary Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, went missing at Dieppe on August 19, 1942 and was subsequently presumed dead. He is commemorated on this Panel at the Brookwood Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom. -
Newspaper Clipping
Photo from Toronto Daily Star - 26 August 1942 -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Bulletin August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Theodor Marie Insinger
Digital gallery of
Captain Theodor Marie Insinger
Digital gallery of
Captain Theodor Marie Insinger
Digital gallery of
Captain Theodor Marie Insinger
Digital gallery of
Captain Theodor Marie Insinger
Digital gallery of
Captain Theodor Marie Insinger
Digital gallery of
Captain Theodor Marie Insinger
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 84 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.