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Military service
Service number:
B/58194
Age:
34
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Labour Corps
Division:
Defence and Employment Platoon
Birth:
March 9, 1909
Brighton, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
May 1, 1941
Brampton, Ontario
Death:
July 5, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 15.
Additional information
Son of Samuel Albert Muddle of Brighton, United Kingdom.
He was one of 53 Canadians who lost their lives on July 4-5, 1943. They were travelling in convoy KMS-18B on their way to Sicily, Italy, for Operation Husky. Three ships (City of Venice, St. Essylt and Devis) were torpedoed and sunk by German u-boats in the Mediterranean Sea near Alger, Algeria.
Digital gallery of Private Lionel Richard Muddle
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Biography
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Cassino Memorial - located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
Inscription on the Cassino Memorial - located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
newspaper KIA -
Biography
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Memorial
British home children -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Lionel Richard Muddle
Digital gallery of
Private Lionel Richard Muddle
Digital gallery of
Private Lionel Richard Muddle
Digital gallery of
Private Lionel Richard Muddle
Digital gallery of
Private Lionel Richard Muddle
Digital gallery of
Private Lionel Richard Muddle
Digital gallery of
Private Lionel Richard Muddle
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