Military service
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Sapper Harold Lester Pittman
Digital gallery of
Sapper Harold Lester Pittman
Erected by the W.P.A., this marble shaft memorial at Old United Church cemetery, Britannia (Random Island), NL is dedicated to two local soldiers killed during the Second World War - Harold Lester Pittman and Uriah Malcolm Bailey.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[side/côté]
IN LOVING MEMORY OF F-2966 SPR. HAROLD LESTER, KILLED IN ACTION JULY 21ST 1944 AGED 26 YEARS, SON OF AARON AND THE LATE SARAH PITTMAN
IN ANSWER TO GREAT BRITAIN'S CALL HIS NOBLE LIFE HE GAVE. HIS BODY LIES IN FLANDERS FIELD IN AN HONOURED GRAVE.
ERECTED BY THE W.P.A.
[side/côté]
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
URIAH MALCOLM
LOST ON S.S. NERISSA, APRIL 27TH 1941 AGED 27 YEARS, SON OF THE LATE GEORGE AND VICTORIA BAILEY.
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAT THIS. THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
ST. JOHN 15.13
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=2095
Image gallery
-
Erected by the W.P.A., this marble shaft memorial at Old United Church cemetery, Britannia (Random Island), NL is dedicated to two local soldiers killed during the Second World War - Harold Lester Pittman and Uriah Malcolm Bailey. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [side/côté] IN LOVING MEMORY OF F-2966 SPR. HAROLD LESTER, KILLED IN ACTION JULY 21ST 1944 AGED 26 YEARS, SON OF AARON AND THE LATE SARAH PITTMAN IN ANSWER TO GREAT BRITAIN'S CALL HIS NOBLE LIFE HE GAVE. HIS BODY LIES IN FLANDERS FIELD IN AN HONOURED GRAVE. ERECTED BY THE W.P.A. [side/côté] IN LOVING MEMORY OF URIAH MALCOLM LOST ON S.S. NERISSA, APRIL 27TH 1941 AGED 27 YEARS, SON OF THE LATE GEORGE AND VICTORIA BAILEY. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAT THIS. THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. ST. JOHN 15.13 http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=2095
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 189 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
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.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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.