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Edward Snook

In memory of:

Guardsman Edward Snook

August 10, 1944
In the field, France

Military Service


Service Number:

D/26157

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Grenadier Guards, R.C.A.C.

Division:

22nd Armd. Regt.

Additional Information


Born:

July 11, 1921
Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment:

June 18, 1940
Montreal, Quebec

Son of Alfred T. and Mary Jane Snook, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 448 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.

Digital Collection

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  • Inscription– Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Edward Snook– Guardsman Edward "Eddie" Snook
Canadian Grenadier Guards, R.C.A.C.
K.I.A. 10 August 1944
  • Letter (Page 1 of 3)– Letter from Edward Snook 2 June 1944. Four days before D-Day. Eddie was killed in action 10 August 1944.
  • Letter (Page 2 of 3)
  • Lettre (Page 3 of 3)
  • Envelop
  • Group Photo– Edward Snook and buddies du 22nd Armrd. Regt., England 1944
  • Photo of Edward Snook
  • Group Photo (2)
  • Photo of Edward Snook
  • Group Photo (3)
  • Group Photo (4)
  • Group Photo (5)
  • Group Photo (6)

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