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Military service
Age:
32
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Division:
22nd Armd. Regt.(The Canadian Grenadier Guards), R.C.A.C.
Death:
September 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. E. 9.
Additional information
Son of Charles Whitney Cassils and Gertrude Wilbur Cassils, of Montreal,. Quebec; husband of Adrienne Hanson Cassils, of Westmount, Montreal
Digital gallery of Major Charles Cassils
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Entrance
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
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Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2146 Maj Charles Cassils (RMC 1929) was the son of Charles Whitney Cassils and Gertrude Wilbur Cassils, of Montreal,. Quebec. He was the husband of Adrienne Hanson Cassils, of Westmount, Montreal. He served with the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, 22nd Armd. Regt.(The Canadian Grenadier Guards), R.C.A.C. He died on Sep 11, 1944 at 32 years of age. He was buried in the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Belgium IV. E. 9. -
Plaque
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2146 Maj Charles Cassils (RMC 1929) was the son of Charles Whitney Cassils and Gertrude Wilbur Cassils, of Montreal,. Quebec. He was the husband of Adrienne Hanson Cassils, of Westmount, Montreal. He served with the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, 22nd Armd. Regt.(The Canadian Grenadier Guards), R.C.A.C. He died on Sep 11, 1944 at 32 years of age. He was buried in the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Belgium IV. E. 9. -
Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2146 Maj Charles Cassils (RMC 1929) was the son of Charles Whitney Cassils and Gertrude Wilbur Cassils, of Montreal,. Quebec. He was the husband of Adrienne Hanson Cassils, of Westmount, Montreal. He served with the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, 22nd Armd. Regt.(The Canadian Grenadier Guards), R.C.A.C. He died on Sep 11, 1944 at 32 years of age. He was buried in the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Belgium IV. E. 9. -
Photo of CHARLES CASSILS
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Memorial Stair
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Cassils
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Cassils
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Cassils
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Cassils
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Cassils
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Cassils
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Cassils
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Cassils
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Cassils
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 270 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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