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Glenn Francis Yost

In memory of:

Private Glenn Francis Yost

July 22, 1944
In the field, France

Military Service


Service Number:

L/103512

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada

Additional Information


Born:

February 17, 1922
Swift Current, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

December 11, 1942
Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan

Son of Floyd and Lena Yost, of Dorintosh, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 485 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 27, 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 GLENN FRANCIS YOST– 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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