Canadian Virtual War Memorial
David Elwyn Edwards
In memory of:
Lieutenant David Elwyn Edwards
June 27, 1944
Military Service
CDN/264
21
Army
South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales Volunteers)
1st
Additional Information
David Edwards was a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales Volunteers) as a CANLOAN Officer. Son of George Aneurin and Maida Florence Edwards; husband of Ivadell Lorraine Edwards, of Victoria, British Columbia.
Commemorated on Page 299 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France
5. E. 2.
Hermanville-sur-Mer lies 13 kilometres north of Caen on the road to Lion-sur-Mer (the D60). To reach the War Cemetery go northwards right through Hermanville; after leaving the Mairie (Town Hall) on your left, turn right. The gates to the War Cemetery will be found after 300 metres.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Grave marker – His grave at Hermanville, Calvados, France
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