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Military service
Service number:
B/84571
Age:
20
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
August 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. A. 10.
Additional information
Son of Edward J. and Elizabeth Ryan, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman James Edward Ryan
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Photo of James Ryan
Rifleman James Ryan enlisted in the Amry in 1941 and joined the QOR of C in England in 1942. He was in Don Company on D-Day and was wounded at Le Mesnil Patry on 11 June 1944. After rejoining the Regiment, he served in Normandy until KIA at Quesnay Wood (north of Falaise). -
Newspaper clipping
This obituary of Rifleman Ryan was obtained by Padre Cameron from a copy of a Toronto paper of 1944. -
Gravemarker
This photo of Rifleman Ryan's gravemarker at Bretteville Cemetery was taken by Padre Craig Cameron (QOR of C) in June 1997. -
Death Certificate
Copy of death notification from comanding officer. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Edward Ryan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Edward Ryan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Edward Ryan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Edward Ryan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Edward Ryan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Edward Ryan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Edward Ryan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 434 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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