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Military service
Service number:
B/57341
Age:
21
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
July 9, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. G. 6.
Additional information
Son of Lilian Apted Ferguson, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman William Robert Apted
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Newspaper clipping
Rifleman Apted enlisted in the Army in 1942 and joined The Queen's Own Rifles in September 1943. He landed on D-Day at Juno Beach and was Killed in Action on the last day of the battle for Carpiquet Airfield. -
Obituary
This obituary of Rifleman Apted was obtained by Padre Craig Cameron from a microfilm copy of a 1944 Toronto paper. -
Memorial Tablet
William Robert Apted's name is included on this memorial tablet in St. John's Anglican Church on 288 Humberside Avenue in West Toronto. Photo taken in May 2003. -
St. John's Anglican Church
St. John's Anglican Church on 288 Humberside Avenue in West Toronto. Photo taken in May 2003. -
Grave Marker
This photo of Rfn Apted's gravemarker at Beny-sur-mer Cemetery was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada on June 6th, 2003. -
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
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Robert Apted
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Robert Apted
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Robert Apted
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Robert Apted
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Robert Apted
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Robert Apted
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Robert Apted
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Robert Apted
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 238 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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