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Military service
Service number:
B/131379
Age:
34
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
3 Anti-Tank Regt.
Death:
June 22, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. E. 8.
Additional information
Son of Samuel Clemence and Jennie Reed Askin. Husband of Mary Alice Askin, of Islington, Ontario.
Gunner Cyril De-Lisle Askin has been honoured by having Askin Lake named after him. The location of Askin Lake is in Yukon (105F14- 61° 56’ 04”- 133° 13’ 01”)
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Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Gunner Cyril De-Lisle Askin
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Gunner Cyril De-Lisle Askin
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Gunner Cyril De-Lisle Askin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 239 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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