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Military service
Service number:
H/40702
Age:
23
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Death:
June 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXVIII. E. 4.
Additional information
Son of James A. and Emma Keir, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Rifleman James Anderson Keir
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Aerial View of Cemetery
Aerial view of Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Cintheaux, Calvados, France, showing grave of Rifleman James Alexander Keir. He was initially buried in a civil cemetery in Saint Georges-des-Groselliers, Normany, France on June 12, 1944. His body was re-interred at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in April, 1946 (as per information received from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission). -
Grave Marker
Gravestone of Rifleman J. A. Keir at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Cintheaux, Calvados, France - Cemetery Section 28, grave E.4. Also in the cemetery plot section 28 (XXVIII) are Royal Winnipeg Rifles Regiment Riflemen: T. Marshall - grave E.3; C. W. Peck - grave E.5; D. H. Sabiston - grave E.6; J. R. M. Stewart - grave E.7; and Sgt. W. A. Foster, Cameron Highlaners of Ottawa Regiment - grave F.7. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping from Winnipeg Free Press. -
Photo of James Anderson Keir
Photo from James' sister, Jean. -
Photo of JAMES ANDERSON KEIR
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022. -
Memorial
Rifleman James Anderson Keir is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Anderson Keir
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Anderson Keir
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Anderson Keir
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Anderson Keir
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Anderson Keir
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Anderson Keir
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Anderson Keir
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Anderson Keir
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 350 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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