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Harry Leonard Napoleon

In memory of:

Trooper Harry Leonard Napoleon

August 15, 1944
In the field

Military Service


Service Number:

A/106487

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Elgin Regiment, R.C.A.C.

Division:

25th Armd. Delivery Regt.

Additional Information


Born:

July 31, 1922
Elmira, Ontario

Enlistment:

April 2, 1943
London, Ontario

Son of Joseph and Catherine Napoleon, of Elmira, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 403 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 19, Column 3.

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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  • Memorial– Inscription - Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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