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John Forshaw

In memory of:

Sergeant John Forshaw

August 10, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

B/64324

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information

Son of Percy John and Elizabeth Forshaw; husband of Veda Forshaw, of Windsor, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 307 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:

X. E. 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 September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of John Forshaw– Sergeant Forshaw enlisted in The Queen's Own in June 1940 upon the Regiment's mobilization. He served with the Regiment in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and in England. He landed with Baker Company on D-Day. Sergeant Forshaw served in Normandy until he was KIA at Quesnay Wood north of Falaise.

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    Photo of John Forshaw
    Photo of John Forshaw – Sergeant Forshaw enlisted in The Queen's Own in June 1940 upon the Regiment's mobilization. He served with the Regiment in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and in England. He landed with Baker Company on D-Day. Sergeant Forshaw served in Normandy until he was KIA at Quesnay Wood north of Falaise.
  • Gravemarker– Padre Cameron took this photo of Sergeant Forshaw's gravemarker at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in June 1997.

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    Gravemarker
    Gravemarker – Padre Cameron took this photo of Sergeant Forshaw's gravemarker at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in June 1997.

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