Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Darwin Ernest Proctor
In memory of:
Private Darwin Ernest Proctor
July 28, 1944
France
Military Service
D/135995
28
Army
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Additional Information
October 23, 1915
Bedford, Quebec
May 14, 1942
Huntingdon, Quebec
Son of Ernest Edgar and Mabel Ardel Wightman Proctor, of Bedford, Quebec. Brother of John, Archie, Lyndsey, Earl, Charles, Agnes, Della, Lilly, Stella and Marion.
Commemorated on Page 421 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
III. D. 4.
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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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
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