Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Spencer Colville
In memory of:
Flying Officer John Spencer Colville
August 18, 1944
Military Service
J/29167
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Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
440 Sqdn.
Additional Information
June 21, 1920
Northumberland & Durham Counties, Ontario
June 6, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
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.
Commemorated on Page 277 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France
XIX. A. 6.
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 – From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Grave marker – Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery Cintheaux, Calvados in France -
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Newspaper Clipping – Provided by John Stephens -
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Newspaper Clipping – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Biography – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Grave Marker – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of JOHN SPENCER COLVILLE – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Document – List of ops, LAC, Ottawa -
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Document – Report of accident, LAC, Ottawa -
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Letter – 1952 Letter outlining the three Colville son's deaths, LAC, Ottawa -
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Letter – 1944 Letter replying to Mrs. Colville's letter, after Sandy was killed, LAC, Ottawa
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