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Son of Alexander and Annie Josephine Colville (1966 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother), of Bowmanville, Ontario.
Brother of Flight Sergeant William Freeborne Colville and Flying Officer Alexander Colborne Colville, both died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Flying Officer John Spencer Colville
Provided by John Stephens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Spencer Colville
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Spencer Colville
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Spencer Colville
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Spencer Colville
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Spencer Colville
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Spencer Colville
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Spencer Colville
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Spencer Colville
List of ops, LAC, Ottawa
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Flying Officer John Spencer Colville
Report of accident, LAC, Ottawa
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Flying Officer John Spencer Colville
1952 Letter outlining the three Colville son's deaths, LAC, Ottawa
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Flying Officer John Spencer Colville
1944 Letter replying to Mrs. Colville's letter, after Sandy was killed, LAC, Ottawa
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Flying Officer John Spencer Colville
From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Spencer Colville
From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Spencer Colville
From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Spencer Colville
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Spencer Colville
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Spencer Colville
Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery Cintheaux, Calvados in France
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Provided by John Stephens
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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List of ops, LAC, Ottawa
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Report of accident, LAC, Ottawa
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1952 Letter outlining the three Colville son's deaths, LAC, Ottawa
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1944 Letter replying to Mrs. Colville's letter, after Sandy was killed, LAC, Ottawa
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From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery Cintheaux, Calvados in France
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 277 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
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.
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