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Military service
Service number:
B/62931
Age:
29
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
British Columbia Regiment, R.C.A.C.
Birth:
May 3, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 7, 1942
Ontario
Death:
August 9, 1944
In the field
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 19, Column 3.
Additional information
Son of James and Elizabeth Woods of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Jean, Ada, Beatrice, Gordon, Lillian and Betty. Trooper Woods served in Canada from 7 July 1942 to 27 March 1943, in the United Kingdom from 28 March 1943 to 22 July 1944 and in Northwest Europe from 23 July until his death.
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Commemorated on:
Page 483 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BAYEUX MEMORIAL Calvados, France
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.
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