Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Richard Elmer Jesson
In memory of:
Private Richard Elmer Jesson
August 17, 1944
In the field
Military Service
K/1163
26
Army
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.
Additional Information
February 5, 1918
Yorkton, Saskatchewan
August 1, 1941
Vancouver, British Columbia
Commemorated on Page 345 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France
Panel 27, Column 2.
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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