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Douglas Stuart Pedlow

In memory of:

Lieutenant Douglas Stuart Pedlow

July 20, 1944

Military Service

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information

Son of Doctor Wellington Leroy Pedlow, M.C., M.D., F.A.C.S., and Elsie May (nee Muir) Pedlow, of West Vancouver, British Columbia. Older brother of Alan Le Roy and Ken Pedlow. Lieutenant Pedlow is commemorated on a silver plaque located on the pulpit at St. Francis-in-the-Wood Church, West Vancouver, British Columbia. The text reads as follows: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF Douglas Stuart Pedlow Who fell in the 2nd Great War 1939 - 1945. To the Glory to God and in Memory of Lieutenant Pedlow is commemorated on a plaque at St. Francis-in-the-Wood Church, West Vancouver, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 414 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. F. 3.

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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  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Notice that Lt. Douglas S. Pedlow was reported missing in action. Courtesy: University of British Columbia Chronicle 1944-08, page 15.

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    Newspaper Clipping – Notice that Lt. Douglas S. Pedlow was reported missing in action. Courtesy: University of British Columbia Chronicle 1944-08, page 15.
  • Newspaper Clipping– Notice of death of Lt. Douglas Stuart Pedlow, Seaforth, South Saskatchewan Regiment. Courtesy of University of British Columbia Chronicle, 1945-01, page 9.

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    Newspaper Clipping – Notice of death of Lt. Douglas Stuart Pedlow, Seaforth, South Saskatchewan Regiment. Courtesy of University of British Columbia Chronicle, 1945-01, page 9.

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