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Leslie Albert Yates

In memory of:

Private Leslie Albert Yates

August 11, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

B/40821

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Lincoln and Welland Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information

Son of Oscar and Alvetta M. Yates, of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Brother of Flight Lieutenant Prince Edward Godderham Yates, Royal Canadian Air Force attached to 103 Royal Air Force Squadron on December 12, 1944.

Commemorated on Page 484 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

X. B. 15.

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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  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • War Memorial– Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario erected a monument commemorating the citizens of the area who lost their lives in the First and Second World War.

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    War Memorial – Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario erected a monument commemorating the citizens of the area who lost their lives in the First and Second World War.

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