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Albert Stirling

In memory of:

Bombardier Albert Stirling

August 10, 1944
In the field

Military Service


Service Number:

L/60743

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Artillery

Division:

5 Anti-Tank Regt.

Additional Information


Born:

November 29, 1920
Readlyn, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

November 13, 1941
Grenfell, Saskatchewan

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Lee Stirling, of Readlyn, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 454 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 21, Column 1.

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.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of ALBERT STIRLING– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Bayeux Memorial - August 2012
  • Inscription– Inscription on the Bayeux Memorial - August 2012
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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