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Allen Olimer

In memory of:

Trooper Allen Olimer

August 8, 1944
France

Military Service

Service Number:

B/52190

Age:

35

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Army Service Corps

Division:

10th Armoured Regiment

Additional Information

Son of John and Ann (nee Jack) Olimer of Bracebridge, Ontario. Brother of Victor, Melvin, Alvin (Allen's twin) and Laurence.

Commemorated on Page 408 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:

I. A. 1.

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 Allen Olimer
  • Battle– This photo was supplied by Fort Garry Horse Museum and Archives. It was taken after the Allied bombing mistakenly dropped on own troops on Aug. 8, 1944, the day my uncle was killed along with 124 Canadians and Poles. The bombing happened in the open south of Caen, near the modern village of Ifs.

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    Battle
    Battle – This photo was supplied by Fort Garry Horse Museum and Archives. It was taken after the Allied bombing mistakenly dropped on own troops on Aug. 8, 1944, the day my uncle was killed along with 124 Canadians and Poles. The bombing happened in the open south of Caen, near the modern village of Ifs.

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