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John Lockey Scott Swainson

In memory of:

Private John Lockey Scott Swainson

July 25, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

D/82762

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada

Additional Information

Born:

August 17, 1911
Newcastle-On-Tyne, United Kingdom

Enlistment:

August 12, 1940
Montreal, Quebec

Son of Henry and Jane Ann Scott Swainson.

Commemorated on Page 456 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:

II. E. 8.

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.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of John Swainson– John Swainson taken before heading off to join World War II and the Black Watch, probably from a local newspaper, The Standard Freeholder of Cornwall, Ontario. This photo was saved by a resident of Milles Roches in a scrapbook about local men and the war.

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    Photo of John Swainson
    Photo of John Swainson – John Swainson taken before heading off to join World War II and the Black Watch, probably from a local newspaper, The Standard Freeholder of Cornwall, Ontario. This photo was saved by a resident of Milles Roches in a scrapbook about local men and the war.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Cornwall (Ontario) Daily Standard Freeholder newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Cornwall (Ontario) Daily Standard Freeholder newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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