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Larry Douglas Nelles

In memory of:

Lieutenant Larry Douglas Nelles

July 11, 1944
In the field, France

Military Service

Service Number:

CDN/310

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)

Division:

7th

Additional Information

Born:

April 20, 1921
Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

September 13, 1939
Vancouver, British Columbia

Larry Nelles was a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the Seaforth Highlanders as a CANLOAN Officer. Son of Thomas Ransom Biggar Nelles and Dorothy Nelles, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Husband of Eileen Patricia Nelles, of Vancouver.

Commemorated on Page 403 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

RYES WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

II. B. 1.

Location:

Leave Bayeux on the D12 to the east; at the village of Sommervieu carry straight on, following the D112, and after 3 kilometres turn right on to the D87. After climbing round a bend to the left, the cemetery will be found on the left hand side.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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