Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Albert Edward Fletcher
In memory of:
Trooper Albert Edward Fletcher
August 8, 1944
Military Service
D/3545
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Army
17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars, R.C.A.C.
7th Reconnaissance Regt.
Additional Information
Son of Albert Edward and Rose Fletcher, of Verdun, Province of Quebec.
Commemorated on Page 305 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
XIV. B. 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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Group Photo – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of ALBERT EDWARD FLETCHER – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Attestation paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Circumstances of death – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Family Photo – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Albert Edward Fletcher – Albert Edward Fletcher, somewhere in France. Regiment 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars, R.C.A.C. -
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Gravemarker – Abe Bronfman of Montreal at the gravesite of Albert Edward Fletcher at Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetary near Caen, France.
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