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Military service
Service number:
A/37231
Age:
23
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Highland Light Infantry of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
October 13, 1920
Ayr, Ontario
Death:
July 8, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. H. 16.
Additional information
Son of John R. Hedley, and of Mary K. Hedley, of Exeter, Ontario. Prior to enlistment, Lance Sergeant Hedley worked with the Ayr Tack Factory.
Digital gallery of Lance Sergeant Wilfred Laurier Hedley
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Photo of Wilfred Laurier Hedley
Lance Sergeant Wilfred Laurier Hedley. Courtesy of Grace Russ Scrapbooks, Volume I, City of Cambridge Archives. -
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) -
Memorial
WW2 war memorial, Ayr, Ontario -
Grave marker
Photo taken by Roger Shier, April 7, 2017 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Photo of cemetery mark for L/Sgt WL Hedley
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Wilfred Laurier Hedley
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Wilfred Laurier Hedley
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Wilfred Laurier Hedley
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Wilfred Laurier Hedley
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Wilfred Laurier Hedley
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Wilfred Laurier Hedley
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Wilfred Laurier Hedley
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Wilfred Laurier Hedley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 332 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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