Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Francis William Quann
In memory of:
Trooper Francis William Quann
August 8, 1944
Military Service
F/31695
21
Army
Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment, R.C.A.C.
27th Armd. Regt.
Additional Information
May 27, 1923
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
June 23, 1942
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Son of John and Gladys Quann of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.
Commemorated on Page 422 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
XV. G. 16.
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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Grave marker – Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in France -
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Photo of Francis Quann – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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