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Henry Lloyd Bowen

In memory of:

Private Henry Lloyd Bowen

August 6, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

C/121021

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Division:

6th Inf. Bde. Ground Defence Platoon (Lorne Scots)

Additional Information


Born:

July 3, 1922
Cobourg, Ontario

Enlistment:

April 29, 1943
Kingston, Ontario

Son of Henry and Nellie Bowen, of Cobourg, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 255 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

IV. E. 8.

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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