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Wilbert Robert Nelson Harkness

In memory of:

Gunner Wilbert Robert Nelson Harkness

July 23, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

L/6088

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Artillery

Division:

2 Anti-Tank Regt.

Additional Information


Son of Mr. and Mrs. David James Harkness. Husband of Kathleen E. Harkness, of Bognor Regis, Sussex, England.

Commemorated on Page 328 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

XIII. H. 10.

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.

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  • Photo of WILBERT ROBERT NELSON HARKNESS– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of WILBERT ROBERT NELSON HARKNESS– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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