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Walter Stanley

In memory of:

Corporal Walter Stanley

August 13, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

A/61760

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information

Son of Mina Stanley, of London, Ontario. Husband of Julie Stanley.

Son of Private Walter Stanley, who died during service with the Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment).

Commemorated on Page 450 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:

IX. D. 6.

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 Walter Stanley– Enlisted in the Canadian Fusiliers and transferred to the Essex Scottish Regiment where he was killed in action.

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    Photo of Walter Stanley – Enlisted in the Canadian Fusiliers and transferred to the Essex Scottish Regiment where he was killed in action.
  • Photo of Walter Stanley– In memory of the people of London, Ontario who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Walter Stanley – In memory of the people of London, Ontario who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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