Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Homer and Bernadette Rivait (1964 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother), of Windsor, Ontario.
Brother of Raymond, Edouard, Alfred, Albert, Alvin, Rosina, Aurore, Odile, Olive and Jeannette.
Alphonse and his brother Leon were killed in action on August 19, 1942 while his other brother, Lawrence was killed in action on November 23, 1944. All three brothers served with the Essex Scottish Regiment.
1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Brookwood Memorial
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Inscription
Private ALPHONSE CECIL RIVAIT is one of twenty members of the Essex Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who went missing at Dieppe on August 19, 1942 and were subsequently presumed dead, who are commemorated on this Panel at the Brookwood Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom. One of these soldiers, H.J. BOULTINGHOUSE was taken prisoner and subsequently died on January 24, 1944, while a Prisoner of War. -
Newspaper Clipping
Image source: The Windsor Daily Star - Dec 5, 1944 -
Newspaper Clipping
Image source: The Windsor Daily Star - Dec 5, 1944 -
Photo of Alphonse Cecil Rivait
Uncle Alphonse -
Photo of Alphonse Rivait
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. From a World War 11 scrapbook that the Diocese of London found in 2007 when it was preparing to close Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Windsor, Ont. The scrapbook has been preserved in the diocesan archives. Because it’s too fragile for physical handling or public display the diocesan archivist has digitized the entire scrapbook. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Cecil Rivait
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Cecil Rivait
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Cecil Rivait
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Cecil Rivait
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Cecil Rivait
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Cecil Rivait
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Cecil Rivait
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Cecil Rivait
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Cecil Rivait
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 110 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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