Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Alvin Herman Palfenier
In memory of:
Sergeant Alvin Herman Palfenier
August 13, 1944
Military Service
M/10648
27
Army
Calgary Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Additional Information
Son of John and Martha Palfenier, of Pendryl, Alberta. Husband of Grace L. Palfenier, of Medicine Hat, Alberta. Brother of Lance Sergeant Theodore Emery Palfenier, who served with the South Alberta Regiment and who died on September 12, 1944.
Commemorated on Page 410 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
XII. H. 15.
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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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 in France -
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Photo of Alvin Herman Palfenier -
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Photo of Alvin Herman Palfenier – Photo of Alvin Palfenier of the Calgary Highlanders, wearing a unit shirt early in the war.
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