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Henry Percy Beasley

In memory of:

Lieutenant Henry Percy Beasley

July 25, 1944

Military Service

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information

Son of Percy Daniel and Lilian Beatrice Beasley. Husband of Dorothy Phyllis Beasley, of Waterdown, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 245 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

V. F. 12.

Location:

This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star July 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Press Clipping– Source: Hamilton Spectator August 8, 1944

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    Press Clipping – Source: Hamilton Spectator August 8, 1944
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  • Royal Hamilton Light Infantry

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    Royal Hamilton Light Infantry

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