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Harold William Main

In memory of:

Lieutenant Harold William Main

August 19, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

CDN/174

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Welch Fusiliers

Division:

6th

Additional Information

Born:

February 23, 1913
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

August 5, 1942
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Harold Main a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the Royal Welch Fusiliers as a CANLOAN Officer. Son of William and Nan Main, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 377 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

IV. E. 20.

Location:

Banneville-la-Campagne is a village of Normandy, in the Department of the Calvados, some 10 kilometres east of Caen on the road towards Pont Audemer and Pont l'Eveque. The BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY is some 450 metres west of the village, on the south side of the road to Caen, and about 110 metres from the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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