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Hedley Royden Brewer

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Hedley Royden Brewer

July 5, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/91055

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

433 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of W. Lee Brewer and Myrtle Brewer, of Prince William, New Brunswick.

Commemorated on Page 258 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:

XVIII. C. 10.

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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  • Group Photo– PL-41581 (UK-18215) 07/01/45 433 SQN - Two Canadians flying with 433 "Porqupine" Squadron of the Canadian 6 Bomber Group in Britain pose in front of their own Halifax, "Evening Ecstacy". They are left to right: P/O R.V. Brewer of Toronto, Ontario, Wireless Operator & Air Gunner, and F/L F.F. McGrath, New Westminister, British Columbia, Pilot

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    Group Photo – PL-41581 (UK-18215) 07/01/45 433 SQN - Two Canadians flying with 433 "Porqupine" Squadron of the Canadian 6 Bomber Group in Britain pose in front of their own Halifax, "Evening Ecstacy". They are left to right: P/O R.V. Brewer of Toronto, Ontario, Wireless Operator & Air Gunner, and F/L F.F. McGrath, New Westminister, British Columbia, Pilot
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Hedley Royden Brewer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Hedley Royden Brewer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Hedley Royden Brewer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Hedley Royden Brewer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of HEDLEY ROYDEN BREWER– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of HEDLEY ROYDEN BREWER – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Id Card– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Id Card – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of HEDLEY ROYDEN BREWER– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of HEDLEY ROYDEN BREWER – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Hedley Brewer Newspaper Announcement from Thelma Crewdson Scrapbook

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    Newspaper Clipping – Hedley Brewer Newspaper Announcement from Thelma Crewdson Scrapbook
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War Two issue of the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War Two issue of the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Entrance

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  • Plaque

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  • Grave marker

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker

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