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Roy Nelson MacMillan

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Roy Nelson MacMillan

June 7, 1944
In the field, France

Military Service


Service Number:

F/60400

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

North Nova Scotia Highlanders, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, France-Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45.

Additional Information


Born:

June 15, 1918
Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island

Enlistment:

September 17, 1940
Amherst, Nova Scotia

Son of James D. MacMillan of Montreal, Quebec. Brother of Lawrence, Malcom, James, Lester, Angus, Grace, Mrs. Arthur Sylvester, Mrs. Harry MacKenzie and Mrs. Jack MacRae.

Commemorated on Page 375 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

Panel 23.

Location:

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.

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  • Inscription– - Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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