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Military service
Age:
30
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Division:
Charlie (rifle) Company
Death:
September 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
6. B. 11.
Additional information
Son of Lt.-Col. William Herbert Price and Alice Gentles Price, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Captain John Gentles Price
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Photo of John Gentles Price
Captain Price enlisted in December, 1940 and joined The Queen's Own Rifles in England. He was second-in-comand of the Support Company on D-Day and soon was Officer Commanding. He moved to become second-in-comand of Charlie (rifle) Company and was killed near the town of La Capelle by artillery fire. -
Grave marker for John Gentles Price
This photo of Capt Price's grave at Calais Cemetery was taken by myself on a visit to France in June, 1997. -
Newspaper clipping
This copy of Captain Price's obituary in The Globe and Mail was made by myself. -
Memorial
A plaque on the Memorial School Building recalls members of the Appleby College (Oakville) Community, killed in the Second World War. John G Price -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain John Gentles Price
Digital gallery of
Captain John Gentles Price
Digital gallery of
Captain John Gentles Price
Digital gallery of
Captain John Gentles Price
Digital gallery of
Captain John Gentles Price
Digital gallery of
Captain John Gentles Price
Digital gallery of
Captain John Gentles Price
Digital gallery of
Captain John Gentles Price
Digital gallery of
Captain John Gentles Price
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 421 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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