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Military service
Service number:
K/66469
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 22, 1921
Conquest, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
August 28, 1942
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
June 9, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. C. 5.
Additional information
Son of Ernest William and Irene Anna(nee Walker) Stewart. Brother of Lloyd, Wilbert, Ross, Earl, Wilma, and Enid.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War medal, CVSM and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private Gerald Willis Stewart
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Photo of Gerald Willis Stewart
This Photo was taken in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, shortly before deploying overseas. -
Memorial
Private Gerald Willis Stewart is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022. -
Grave marker
Gerald's tombstone in Normandy, France -
Memorial Plaque
Juno Beach monument showing Gerald's name -
Paying Respects
Nephew and grandnephews visiting Gerald's grave site in Normandy, France -
Juno Beach memorial
Digital gallery of
Private Gerald Willis Stewart
Digital gallery of
Private Gerald Willis Stewart
Digital gallery of
Private Gerald Willis Stewart
Digital gallery of
Private Gerald Willis Stewart
Digital gallery of
Private Gerald Willis Stewart
Digital gallery of
Private Gerald Willis Stewart
Digital gallery of
Private Gerald Willis Stewart
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 453 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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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.
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