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Military service
Service number:
K/74745
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Death:
June 9, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. B. 16.
Additional information
Son of Cecelia McIvor, of Merritt, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private Wilfred McIvor
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Merritt War Memorial
War Memorial, Merritt and Nicola Valley District, British Columbia. The Cenotaph was unveiled on November 6th, 1921. There are 44 names on three sides of the memorial representing those men who died during World War One. A panel was added at a later date to include 18 names of local men who died in World War Two. Inscribed: IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF MERRITT AND THE NICOLA VALLEY DISTRICT / OUR WELL BELOVED DEAD WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. -
Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022. -
Memorial
Private Wilfred McIvor is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred McIvor
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred McIvor
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred McIvor
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 387 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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