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Mark John Sampson

In memory of:

Private Mark John Sampson

June 10, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

F/56469

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

North Nova Scotia Highlanders, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information

Born:

October 24, 1911
River Bourgeois, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

March 12, 1943
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Son of Paul and Isabella Sampson, of Cannes, Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 436 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:

XXVII. E. 4.

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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  • Aerial View of Cemetery– Aerial view of Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, showing the grave of Private Mark J. Sampson, whose body was initially buried at Saint Georges-des-Groselliers, Normandy, France. His body was re-interred at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in April 1946 (as per information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission).

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    Aerial View of Cemetery – Aerial view of Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, showing the grave of Private Mark J. Sampson, whose body was initially buried at Saint Georges-des-Groselliers, Normandy, France. His body was re-interred at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in April 1946 (as per information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission).
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    Temporary Gravemarker – Early grave of Mark Sampson Bretteville-sur-laize
  • Grave Marker– Mark Sampson's Headstone

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    Grave Marker – Mark Sampson's Headstone
  • Grave Marker– Gravestone at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Calvados, France.

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    Grave Marker – Gravestone at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Calvados, France.
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