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William James Irving

In memory of:

Lance Corporal William James Irving

June 6, 1944
In the field

Military Service


Service Number:

B/80289

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Army Service Corps

Division:

attd. 2nd Cdn. Armd. Bde.

Additional Information


Born:

October 6, 1915
Pine Grove, Ontario

Enlistment:

May 25, 1942
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Archibald and Annie Irving of Weston, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 342 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

Panel 27, Column 2.

Location:

The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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