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Son of Alfred Valentine Griffiths and Elisabeth Schofield Griffiths; husband of Aurora Griffiths, of Tampico, Tamps, Mexico.
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Lance Corporal Tudor Mccalman Griffiths
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Lance Corporal Tudor Mccalman Griffiths
Tudor was killed in action on September 9th, 1944 while he and his regiment had to cross a canal near Moerbrugge (Belgium) during the night in order to make contact with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada regiment. (Both infantry regiments of the 10 Infantry Division, supporting the 4th Armoured Division.) Tudor was temporary buried at Moerbrugge cemetery, among other members of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment and ASHofC and is now buried at Adegem Canadian War Cemetery.
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Tudor was killed in action on September 9th, 1944 while he and his regiment had to cross a canal near Moerbrugge (Belgium) during the night in order to make contact with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada regiment. (Both infantry regiments of the 10 Infantry Division, supporting the 4th Armoured Division.) Tudor was temporary buried at Moerbrugge cemetery, among other members of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment and ASHofC and is now buried at Adegem Canadian War Cemetery.
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Page 322 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ADEGEM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Belgium
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery is located midway between Brugge (17 km) and Gent (26 km) on the N9 which connects the two towns. From Brugge, Adegem is approached via Sijsele and Maldegem. On reaching Adegem, the cemetery is located on the Prins Boudewijn Laan, on the right-hand side of the N9.
In the last week of September 1944, the Allies held the city of Antwerp, but the Germans held both shores of the Scheldt estuary, so that the port of Antwerp could not be used. The task of clearing the southern shore of the estuary was allotted to the 3rd Canadian Division, aided by the 4th Canadian Armoured Division and the 52nd Division. Their operations lasted from October until the beginning of November 1944. By 3rd November the Germans had been cleared from the north-west corner of Belgium and the south shore of the Scheldt was free. There had been fierce fighting for two weeks for the crossing of the Leopold Canal. The majority of the men buried at Adegem died during the operations for the clearance of the south bank of the Scheldt; but many Canadians who lost their lives elsewhere in Belgium were also brought here for burial.
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