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Military service
Service number:
B/138483
Age:
31
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
June 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XII. C. 9.
Additional information
Son of Charles and Alice Cranfield; husband of Margaret Jean Cranfield, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Ernest William Cranfield
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Grave Marker
This photo of Rfn Cranfield's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of The QOR of C in June 1997. -
37 Canadians Place
The town of Authie, France honoured 37 Canadian soldiers by naming a street after them. The young Canadians, mostly from the Maritimes, were part of the D-Day invasion and were killed while trying to liberate the town from the Germans. -
Photo 2 of 37 Canadians place
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Plaque
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Newspaper Clipping
Photo courstey of the Maple Leaf Foods Company Archives. -
Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of ERNEST WILLIAM CRANFIELD
Ernest and his wife Margaret. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
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Other
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Other
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Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
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Grave marker
Steve's marker 2nd row right. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ernest William Cranfield
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ernest William Cranfield
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ernest William Cranfield
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ernest William Cranfield
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ernest William Cranfield
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ernest William Cranfield
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ernest William Cranfield
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ernest William Cranfield
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ernest William Cranfield
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 282 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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