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Fred Plewes Janes

In memory of:

Sergeant Fred Plewes Janes

July 25, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

D/71375

Age:

33

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada

Division:

1st Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Edgar C. and Marion W. Janes, of Montreal, Province of Quebec.

Commemorated on Page 170 of the Newfoundland 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:

XI. G. 6.

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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  • Id card– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Id card – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of FRED PLEWES JANES– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of FRED PLEWES JANES – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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    Circumstances of death – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Photo: Taken during the Black Watch's battle field tour in 1984. A local turned over a helmet to the Commanding Officer which had Janes name inscribed inside. It is now part of the Black Watch ( RHR) of Canada museums collection.

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – Photo: Taken during the Black Watch's battle field tour in 1984. A local turned over a helmet to the Commanding Officer which had Janes name inscribed inside. It is now part of the Black Watch ( RHR) of Canada museums collection.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Fred Janes– In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Fred Janes – In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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