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Military service
Service number:
D/116159
Age:
24
Rank:
Signalman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Birth:
June 20, 1920
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
April 15, 1941
Montreal South, Québec
Death:
June 29, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. H. 3.
Additional information
Son of Hubert John and Margaret Jane Tadgell, of Montreal, Quebec.
Brother of Private Owen Robert Tadgell, who died while serving with the North Scotia Highlanders Regiment.
Digital gallery of Signalman William Tadgell
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Grave Marker
A photograph (2010) of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
Entrance - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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
Signalman William Tadgell
Digital gallery of
Signalman William Tadgell
Digital gallery of
Signalman William Tadgell
Digital gallery of
Signalman William Tadgell
Digital gallery of
Signalman William Tadgell
Digital gallery of
Signalman William Tadgell
Digital gallery of
Signalman William Tadgell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 457 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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