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Walter Terry Richardson

In memory of:

Gunner Walter Terry Richardson

July 22, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

B/150297

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Artillery

Division:

3 Medium Regt.

Additional Information

Son of Walter F. and Leila M. Richardson, of Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 427 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:

XIV. G. 15.

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 the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Walter Terry Richardson– Gunner Walter Terry Richardson born 14-07-22 Former student of Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute (Toronto)

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    Photo of Walter Terry Richardson – Gunner Walter Terry Richardson born 14-07-22 Former student of Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute (Toronto)
  • Document– This is the official document reporting the burial of Gunner W T Richardson 3 Medium Battery RCA. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada

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    Document – This is the official document reporting the burial of Gunner W T Richardson 3 Medium Battery RCA. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
  • Attestation paper– This is Terry's entry document into the Canadian Army (Active). He was in the COTC cadets at University of Toronto, so he had to re-sign for active(overseas) duty. This document has all of the pertinent facts about him. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada

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    Attestation paper – This is Terry's entry document into the Canadian Army (Active). He was in the COTC cadets at University of Toronto, so he had to re-sign for active(overseas) duty. This document has all of the pertinent facts about him. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
  • Attestation paper– Walter Richardson graduated from Lawrence Park Collegiate in Toronto and went on to attend the University of Toronto. While there, he joint he Canadian Officer Training Contingent of the Canadian Army. This is his joining document of 25 September 1942. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada

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    Attestation paper – Walter Richardson graduated from Lawrence Park Collegiate in Toronto and went on to attend the University of Toronto. While there, he joint he Canadian Officer Training Contingent of the Canadian Army. This is his joining document of 25 September 1942. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
  • Document– This is Richardson's highschool registration card showing his personal information. Each student filled out this card on entering secondary school. Richardson attended Lawrence Park Collegiate from its opening in 1936 until he left to go to the University of Toronto in 1940.

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    Document – This is Richardson's highschool registration card showing his personal information. Each student filled out this card on entering secondary school. Richardson attended Lawrence Park Collegiate from its opening in 1936 until he left to go to the University of Toronto in 1940.
  • Document– The Ontario Death Certificate for Walter Terry Richardson. Please note that the date of its issue is one year and a day after his death. Terry was killed on the 22nd of July 44. The circumstances of his death are not known. All that is known is that it was reported to CMHQ by the infantry officer in charge of burials, Lt. W. Racine of the Stormont Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders. (see next document) Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada

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    Document – The Ontario Death Certificate for Walter Terry Richardson. Please note that the date of its issue is one year and a day after his death. Terry was killed on the 22nd of July 44. The circumstances of his death are not known. All that is known is that it was reported to CMHQ by the infantry officer in charge of burials, Lt. W. Racine of the Stormont Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders. (see next document) Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
  • Letter (July 13,1945)– Terry's mother received this letter from the Records Section informing her of Terry's temporary grave location. His body was exhumed, identified, and reburied later by the Graves Concentration Unit of the Canadian Army. At that time, his family would be asked for a short inscription to be etched on his grave marker. This usually took a year or more. Hence the wooden crosses. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada

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    Letter (July 13,1945)
    Letter (July 13,1945) – Terry's mother received this letter from the Records Section informing her of Terry's temporary grave location. His body was exhumed, identified, and reburied later by the Graves Concentration Unit of the Canadian Army. At that time, his family would be asked for a short inscription to be etched on his grave marker. This usually took a year or more. Hence the wooden crosses. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Tribute– A tribute to Walter T. Richardson appeared in the February 1946 issue The Blue Bell magazine for employees of The Bell Telephone Company of Canada where he was employed as a student engineer before enlistment.

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    Tribute
    Tribute – A tribute to Walter T. Richardson appeared in the February 1946 issue The Blue Bell magazine for employees of The Bell Telephone Company of Canada where he was employed as a student engineer before enlistment.

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