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Private Roy Henry Williams

Biography

Citation(s);

1939-1945 Star
France and Germany Star
Defence Medal
War Medal 1939-1945
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal

Military service

Service number: B/38433
Age: 24
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Birth: July 1, 1920 Ohsweken, Ontario
Enlistment: November 18, 1941 Toronto, Ontario
Death: August 12, 1944 Normandy, France

Burial/memorial information

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: XII. B. 13.
Additional information

Son of Wilfred and Ada Mae Williams, of Eagle's Nest, Ontario. Brother of Wilfred Eric, Archie Earl, Robert Ellis, Sanford Carl, Maisie Eleanor, Ariel Irene

Memorials

Commemorated on:

National Aboriginal Veterans Monument

Related media

Second World War (1939 – 1945)

Indigenous Veterans

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 479 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)

Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.

Roy Henry Williams

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.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Learning resources

Lesson Plan: Ages 12 - 18

Remembrance Dog Tags: Fallen Indigenous Service Members

Lesson Plan: Ages 12 - 18

Crossword Puzzle: Indigenous Veterans

Lesson Plan: Ages 6 - 18

Indigenous military service and Chief Joseph Dreaver

 

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