Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Joseph Alcide Edmond Maillet
In memory of:
Private Joseph Alcide Edmond Maillet
August 8, 1944
Military Service
G/57523
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Army
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, R.C.I.C.
Additional Information
Son of Edmond and Rose Anna Maillet, of St. Thomas, Kent Co., New Brunswick.
Commemorated on Page 377 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. 5.
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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Photo of Joseph Alcide Edmond Maillet – My brother Alcide Maillet was the oldest of 11 children and I the youngest. I was 2 years old when he died. I look at his picture and regret that I never had a chance to know him. -
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Photo of Alcide Maillet – Alcide Maillet, last time home from Kiska before leaving for France. -
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Grave Marker – This picture was taken in Bretteville sur Laize cemetary by a friend of the family who was visiting France.
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