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Eric Charles Tisdall

In memory of:

Lieutenant Eric Charles Tisdall

February 12, 1945

Military Service

Service Number:

239549

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Seaforth Highlanders

Additional Information

Son of Charles Pentland Tisdall and Amy Mary Tisdall, of Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 571 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

44. G. 10.

Location:

The REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY is located 5 km south west of Kleve. From Kleve the cemetery is located, using the Hoffmannallee from the Town Centre, which becomes the Materbornerallee. This road enters Reichswald Forest and becomes the Grunewaldstrasse. Follow direction Gennep, entering Reichswald Forest the cemetery is situated 500 metres on the left. Alternatively from the motorway 57, take exit Kleve/Goch, which leads onto the 9 N road in the direction towards Kleve. After 3 km turn left on to the 504 direction Kranenburg. Reichswald cemetery is clearly signposted on the 504 at cross roads Grunewald. REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY is situated on the Grunewald Strasse direction Kleve on the right, 3 km from cross roads Grunewald.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram February 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram February 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Inscription– Eric Tisdall was a student at Appleby College. His name is inscribed on a tablet on the Memorial School building, shown above. The building was built as a memorial to the members of the Appleby Community killed in the Second World War. Every Remembrance Day the school Cadet Corps parades at a service in the Chapel, built as a memorial to those members of the Appleby Community killed in the First World War, and the names on the Honour Rolls from both World Wars are read out.

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    Inscription
    Inscription – Eric Tisdall was a student at Appleby College. His name is inscribed on a tablet on the Memorial School building, shown above. The building was built as a memorial to the members of the Appleby Community killed in the Second World War. Every Remembrance Day the school Cadet Corps parades at a service in the Chapel, built as a memorial to those members of the Appleby Community killed in the First World War, and the names on the Honour Rolls from both World Wars are read out.
  • Memorial Doll– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2813 Lt Eric Charles Tisdall (RMC 1940) was the son of Charles Pentland Tisdall and Amy Mary Tisdall, of Toronto, Ontario. He served with the Seaforth Hughlanders. He died on Feb 12-1945 at 22 years of age. He was buried in the Reichwald Forest War Cemetery in Kleve, Germany 44 G10.

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    Memorial Doll
    Memorial Doll – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2813 Lt Eric Charles Tisdall (RMC 1940) was the son of Charles Pentland Tisdall and Amy Mary Tisdall, of Toronto, Ontario. He served with the Seaforth Hughlanders. He died on Feb 12-1945 at 22 years of age. He was buried in the Reichwald Forest War Cemetery in Kleve, Germany 44 G10.
  • Memorial– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2813 Lt Eric Charles Tisdall (RMC 1940) was the son of Charles Pentland Tisdall and Amy Mary Tisdall, of Toronto, Ontario. He served with the Seaforth Hughlanders. He died on Feb 12-1945 at 22 years of age. He was buried in the Reichwald Forest War Cemetery in Kleve, Germany 44 G10.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2813 Lt Eric Charles Tisdall (RMC 1940) was the son of Charles Pentland Tisdall and Amy Mary Tisdall, of Toronto, Ontario. He served with the Seaforth Hughlanders. He died on Feb 12-1945 at 22 years of age. He was buried in the Reichwald Forest War Cemetery in Kleve, Germany 44 G10.
  • Memorial Stained Glass– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2813 Lt Eric Charles Tisdall (RMC 1940) was the son of Charles Pentland Tisdall and Amy Mary Tisdall, of Toronto, Ontario. He served with the Seaforth Hughlanders. He died on Feb 12-1945 at 22 years of age. He was buried in the Reichwald Forest War Cemetery in Kleve, Germany 44 G10.

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    Memorial Stained Glass
    Memorial Stained Glass – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2813 Lt Eric Charles Tisdall (RMC 1940) was the son of Charles Pentland Tisdall and Amy Mary Tisdall, of Toronto, Ontario. He served with the Seaforth Hughlanders. He died on Feb 12-1945 at 22 years of age. He was buried in the Reichwald Forest War Cemetery in Kleve, Germany 44 G10.

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