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Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Fort Garry Horse, R.C.A.C.
Division:
10th Armd. Regt.
Death:
June 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. B. 16.
Additional information
Son of William A. and Blanche E. McMitchell; husband of Katie M. McMitchell, of Sudbury, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William Edward Alexander McMitchell
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Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2342 Lt William Edward Alexander McMitchell (RMC 1933) was the son of William A. and Blanche E. McMitchell. He was the husband of Katie M. McMitchell, of Sudbury, Ontario. He served with the Fort Garry Horse, R.C.A.C., 10th Armd. Regt. He died on Jun 11, 1944 and was buried in the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France. IV B 16. -
Plaque
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2342 Lt William Edward Alexander McMitchell (RMC 1933) was the son of William A. and Blanche E. McMitchell. He was the husband of Katie M. McMitchell, of Sudbury, Ontario. He served with the Fort Garry Horse, R.C.A.C., 10th Armd. Regt. He died on Jun 11, 1944 and was buried in the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France. IV B 16. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2342 Lt William Edward Alexander McMitchell (RMC 1933) was the son of William A. and Blanche E. McMitchell. He was the husband of Katie M. McMitchell, of Sudbury, Ontario. He served with the Fort Garry Horse, R.C.A.C., 10th Armd. Regt. He died on Jun 11, 1944 and was buried in the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France. IV B 16. -
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 - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Stone of Remembrance - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Edward Alexander McMitchell
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Edward Alexander McMitchell
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Edward Alexander McMitchell
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Edward Alexander McMitchell
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Edward Alexander McMitchell
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Edward Alexander McMitchell
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Edward Alexander McMitchell
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Edward Alexander McMitchell
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Edward Alexander McMitchell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 390 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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