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Military service
Service number:
K/10161
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
August 14, 1922
Radville, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
April 5, 1940
Prince Rupert, British Columbia
Death:
August 15, 1944
Falaise, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XX. A. 8.
Additional information
Son of Frederick G. and Clara J. Herbert, of Victoria, British Columbia. Brother of Lillian Violet, Constance Maude, Harvey Andrew, Alice Victoria, Joyce Elizabeth, Beryl Eleanor and Lois Georgina.
Mrs. Clara Herbert was a member of the Remembrance Association, Silver Cross Women of Canada, Golden West Chapter, Kamloops, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private Morris George Herbert
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Photo of Morris George Herbert
Uncle Morris when he enlisted. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery Cintheaux, Calvados in France -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Morris George Herbert
Digital gallery of
Private Morris George Herbert
Digital gallery of
Private Morris George Herbert
Digital gallery of
Private Morris George Herbert
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 333 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.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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