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Gerald Thomas Hovey

In memory of:

Private Gerald Thomas Hovey

August 10, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

G/27305

Force:

Army

Unit:

North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information

Commemorated on Page 339 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. C. 13.

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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  • Photo of Gerald and Russell– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Gerald and Russell – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War Two issue of the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War Two issue of the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Times Globe newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Times Globe newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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