Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Gerard Bruyere
In memory of:
Corporal Gerard Bruyere
July 26, 1944
In the field, France
Military Service
D/62818
23
Army
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, R.C.I.C.
Additional Information
March 21, 1921
Montreal, Quebec
July 8, 1940
Montreal, Quebec
Son of Arthur and Cecile Bruyere, of St. Lazare de Vaudreuil, Quebec.
Commemorated on Page 261 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France
Panel 22.
The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Inscription - Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Photo of Gérard Bruyère – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Medal – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Circumstances of death – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Gérard Bruyère -
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Medal – Remembrance cross -
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Medal – Dieppe Bar -
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Book of Remembrance – Book of remembrance -
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Memorial – Calendar of the Saint-Lazare Historical Society of the month of November. It shows the commemorative plaque of the cenotaph in Hudson and my uncle Gérard and his four brothers. -
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Family Photo – Family photo at Montreal -
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Medal – Medals and Dieppe Bar -
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Memorial – Memorial at Troteval farm in Normandy. Place of death of my uncle. -
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Memorial – Stele of the Troteval farm in Normandy -
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Memorial – Memorial for the Fusiliers Mont-Royal in Dieppe -
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Document -
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Group Photo -
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Newspaper clipping -
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Memorial -
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Juno Beach Center – Corporal Gérard Bruyère's biography is available on the Juno Beach Center website in Normandy. He landed on this beach on July 7, 1944 during the second wave of the Normandy campaign. https://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/gerard-bruyere/
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