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Raymond Melville Matson

In memory of:

Sergeant Raymond Melville Matson

August 8, 1944
France

Military Service

Service Number:

M/41062

Age:

37

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Division:

104 L.A.D.

Additional Information

Born:

March 21, 1907
Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

Enlistment:

February 5, 1942
Calgary, Alberta

Son of Mats K. Matson, and Betsy Matson (nee Larson), of Calgary, Alberta.

Commemorated on Page 380 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:

IV. H. 11.

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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  • Grave Marker– I visited in 2001, I was the first of our family to ever visit the site. The cemetery was immaculately kept, the visit was very moving.

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    Grave Marker – I visited in 2001, I was the first of our family to ever visit the site. The cemetery was immaculately kept, the visit was very moving.
  • Photo of Raymond Melville Matson– Raymond Melville Matson, RCEME, died 8 August 1944 in France. He was driving a jeep when his regiment was was attacked by German fighter planes, he was hit by shrapnel and died instantly. The officer he was driving was not hurt.

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    Photo of Raymond Melville Matson
    Photo of Raymond Melville Matson – Raymond Melville Matson, RCEME, died 8 August 1944 in France. He was driving a jeep when his regiment was was attacked by German fighter planes, he was hit by shrapnel and died instantly. The officer he was driving was not hurt.
  • Newspaper Clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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