Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Henry Maxwell Brooks
In memory of:
Lance Corporal Henry Maxwell Brooks
July 25, 1944
Military Service
F/60239
48
Army
North Nova Scotia Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Additional Information
April 14, 1896
White Sands, Prince Edward Island
June 19, 1940
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Son of Charles Y. and Harriet Isobel Brooks, of White Sands, Prince Edward Island. He was the younger brother of Private Victor F. Brooks, who died of wounds received in action in France during the First World War and also was a brother to Blanche Prowse.
Commemorated on Page 259 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France
III. A. 11.
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.
Digital Collection
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Cemetery – Henry Maxwell Brooks is buried here along with two other natives of Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island. Photo taken by John S. Brehaut during the Road to Freedom Tour of 2003. -
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Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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