Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Douglas Carter Horner
In memory of:
Pilot Officer Douglas Carter Horner
June 20, 1943
Military Service
J/17468
32
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
408 Sqdn.
Additional Information
Son of Frederick Herbert and Jane Learley Horner. Husband of Joan Avis Caroline Horner, of Croydon, Surrey, England.
Commemorated on Page 172 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
XX. B. 12.
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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Memorial – Pilot Officer Douglas Carter Horner is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Pilot Officer Douglas Carter Horner is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Grave marker – Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery Cintheaux, Calvados in France
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