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Laurence Edwin Earl Snelgrove

In memory of:

Captain Laurence Edwin Earl Snelgrove

August 28, 1944

Military Service

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Lincoln and Welland Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Division:

1st Bn.

Citation(s):

Mentioned in Despatches

Additional Information

Son of William Henry and Olive B. Snelgrove; husband of Brownie P. Snelgrove, of Galt, Ontario. Captain Snelgrove is commemorated on a bronze plaque on the Cenotaph located in St. Marys, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 448 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:

XXIII. E. 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– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • St Marys Cenotaph

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    St Marys Cenotaph
  • St Marys Town Hall Bronze Plaque

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    St Marys Town Hall Bronze Plaque
    St Marys Town Hall Bronze Plaque
  • Preston Ontario Cenotaph– Dedicated November 8, 1926. The names of Preston soldiers killed in the Second World War were added in 1949.

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    Preston Ontario Cenotaph
    Preston Ontario Cenotaph – Dedicated November 8, 1926. The names of Preston soldiers killed in the Second World War were added in 1949.
  • Preston Ontario Wall of Remembrance Mural– Mural by D. Sopha. Located adjacent to the Preston Cenotaph.

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    Preston Ontario Wall of Remembrance Mural
    Preston Ontario Wall of Remembrance Mural – Mural by D. Sopha. Located adjacent to the Preston Cenotaph.

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