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Cecil Oliver Keith

In memory of:

Trooper Cecil Oliver Keith

August 15, 1944
In the field, France

Military Service

Service Number:

B/138847

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.

Division:

6th Armd. Regt.

Additional Information

Born:

January 9, 1925
Charleton, Ontario

Enlistment:

January 18, 1943
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Roy and Elsie Keith, of Pickering, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 350 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 19, 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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  • Inscription– Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Inscription – Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of CECIL OLIVER KEITH– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of CECIL OLIVER KEITH – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Group Photo – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Attestation paper – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Document – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Circumstances of death– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Circumstances of death – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Document – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Document – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Letter – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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