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Military service
Service number:
L/2362
Age:
26
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
14th Canadian Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Division:
8th Recce. Regt.
Birth:
October 25, 1917
Dunblane, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
May 27, 1940
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death:
August 12, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. E. 16.
Additional information
Son of John and Edith Ashdown, of Edmonton, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Trooper Henry Ashdown
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Photo of HENRY ASHDOWN
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of HENRY ASHDOWN
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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) -
Grave marker
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Trooper Henry Ashdown
Digital gallery of
Trooper Henry Ashdown
Digital gallery of
Trooper Henry Ashdown
Digital gallery of
Trooper Henry Ashdown
Digital gallery of
Trooper Henry Ashdown
Digital gallery of
Trooper Henry Ashdown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 239 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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