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Military service
Service number:
H/11136
Age:
20
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), R.C.I.C.
Division:
(Motor), R
Birth:
September 18, 1923
Fort William, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 18, 1939
Fort William, Ontario
Death:
September 7, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. G. 10.
Additional information
Son of James and Margaret Green of Fort William, Ontario. Brother of Corporal Stanley Green, H45589, deceased 21 August 1944, James and Patterson. He stated he was single and worked as a labourere. He served in Canada from 18 September 1939 to 18 December 1939, in the United Kingdom from 19 December 1939 until 21 July 1944 and in North West Europe from 22 July 1944 until his death.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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William enlisted at age 16 in 1939 with the 4th Field Ambulance. In December 1942 he transferred to the LSR. Together with his brother Stanley they disembarked in France on July 23, 1944 with "C" Coy. Stanley was killed in action on August 21, 1944 in France. William on September 7, 1944 in France. https://commonwealth-adegem.com/green-william -
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Memorial
Lance Corporal William Green is also commemorated on the Lake Superior Regiment (Motor) Memorial located in Hillcrest Park, Thunder Bay, ON … May 2018 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Lake Superior Regiment (Motor) Memorial located in Hillcrest Park, Thunder Bay, ON … May 2018 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Green
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Green
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Green
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Green
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Green
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Green
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Green
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Green
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Green
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Commemorated on:
Page 321 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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