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Carleton Allen

In memory of:

Captain Carleton Allen

August 9, 1944

Military Service

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

British Columbia Regiment, R.C.A.C.

Division:

28th Armd. Regt.

Additional Information

Born:

June 24, 1916
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

August 22, 1940
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of Kenneth C. and Jean W. Allen, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Husband of April Audrey Allen, of Vancouver.

Commemorated on Page 235 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

VI. G. 16.

Location:

This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– Vancouver Daily Province Monday December 4 1944

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    Newspaper clipping – Vancouver Daily Province Monday December 4 1944
  • 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
  • Inscription– Carleton Allen was a student at Appleby College in Oakville. He is commemorated on a plaque on the Memorial School Building, built in memory of the 21 members of the Appleby Community, killed in the Second World War.

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    Inscription – Carleton Allen was a student at Appleby College in Oakville. He is commemorated on a plaque on the Memorial School Building, built in memory of the 21 members of the Appleby Community, killed in the Second World War.

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