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Military service
Service number:
H/204685
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Death:
August 28, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVII. F. 7.
Additional information
Son of Henri L. and Elisabeth Richard, of St. Boniface, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private Henri Jean Richard
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Henri Richard
Henri Richard, a proud soldier, served in the "assault" on Kiska Alasks prior to volunteering for overseas service. Henri served in the liberation of France in the critical days following the Normandy invasion. Sadly, Henri lost his life in the Foret de la Londe on 28 August 1944. Website: http://www.multipointproductions.com/heroes/index.htm -
Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of HENRI JEAN RICHARD
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of HENRI JEAN RICHARD
Henri Richard outside his family store in Ste. Genevieve, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Jean Richard
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Jean Richard
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Jean Richard
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Jean Richard
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Jean Richard
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Jean Richard
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Jean Richard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 426 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
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.
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