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Lawrence Cohen

In memory of:

Lieutenant Lawrence Cohen

July 8, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

CDN/423

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Division:

2nd

Additional Information

Lawerence Cohen was a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment as a CANLOAN Officer. Son of Isaac and Anne Cohen, of Winnipeg, Manitoba. B.A.

Commemorated on Page 276 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. D. 2.

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– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Photo of Lawrence Cohen– Lawrence Cohen is honoured on page 15 of the memorial book, CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties, compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact: The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada) telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 facsimile: 514-931-0548 website: www.cjc.ca

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    Photo of Lawrence Cohen – Lawrence Cohen is honoured on page 15 of the memorial book, CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties, compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact: The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada) telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 facsimile: 514-931-0548 website: www.cjc.ca
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