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Military service
Service number:
H/41531
Age:
22
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth:
January 7, 1922
Selkirk, Manitoba
Enlistment:
April 7, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
June 8, 1944
In the field, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIV. D. 8.
Additional information
Son of Percival and Marion Adams, of Petersfields, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Rifleman William Charles Adams
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War Memorial
The memorial is located in France in honour of members that were excuted in June of 1944. -
Inscription
The memorial is located in France in honour of members that were excuted in June of 1944. -
Biography
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of William Adams
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Grave Marker
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Newspaper Clipping
News Clips from the Local Newspaper -
Photo of William Charles Adams
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Newspaper Clipping 2
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Grave Marker
Gravemarker - France 2007 -
Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
This is William Charles Adams killed in a chateau with 13 others of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, by Kurt Meyer, S.S officer head of Juno beach and Hitler youth. -
Photo of WILLIAM CHARLES ADAMS
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Grave marker
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Telegram
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Letter
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Memorial
Rifleman William Charles Adams 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.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Charles Adams
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 234 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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