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Military service
Service number:
A/37694
Age:
24
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Highland Light Infantry of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
January 7, 1920
Brantford, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 24, 1940
Galt, Ontario
Death:
June 7, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. E. 15.
Additional information
Son of Frank and Melba Armstrong; husband of Joyce G. Armstrong, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Corporal Richard Leonard Armstrong
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Grave Marker
A photograph (2010) of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (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) -
Photo of RICHARD LEONARD ARMSTRONG
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Richard Leonard Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Corporal Richard Leonard Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Corporal Richard Leonard Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Corporal Richard Leonard Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Corporal Richard Leonard Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Corporal Richard Leonard Armstrong
Digital gallery of
Corporal Richard Leonard Armstrong
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 239 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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