Canadian Virtual War Memorial
James Douglas Greenidge
In memory of:
Guardsman James Douglas Greenidge
August 15, 1944
Military Service
D/131685
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Army
Canadian Grenadier Guards, R.C.A.C.
22nd Armd. Regt.
Additional Information
May 27, 1921
Princess Town, Trinidad and Tobago
April 12, 1943
Montreal South, Quebec
Son of John and Eva Greenidge, of Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies.
Brother of John Alexander Greenidge who was killed in action on March 30, 1944 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Commemorated on Page 322 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
VII. G. 3.
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.
Digital Collection
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Honour roll – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Honour roll – 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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