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Son of Clarence and Rettie Schurman, of Oxford, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Layton Oliver Schurman
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Layton Oliver Schurman
My father met Sergeant L O Schurman in Buron on the 7th of June 1944 during the attack against German positions. Sergeant Schurman saved my father and my brother's lives (10 years old at this time)
It was at 11H30 in the end of morning, unfortunately L O Schurman was killed in the afternoon in Authie during the big counter attack of the 12 PZ SS Division.It was 11H30 in the end of morning, unfortunately L O Schurman was killed in the afternoon in Authie during the big counter attack of the 12 PZ SS Division.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Layton Oliver Schurman
My father met Sergeant L O Schurman in Buron on the 7th of June 1944 during the attack against German positions. Sergeant Schurman saved my father and my brother's lives (10 years old at this time)
It was at 11H30 in the end of morning, unfortunately L O Schurman was killed in the afternoon in Authie during the big counter attack of the 12 PZ SS Division.
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My father met Sergeant L O Schurman in Buron on the 7th of June 1944 during the attack against German positions. Sergeant Schurman saved my father and my brother's lives (10 years old at this time) It was at 11H30 in the end of morning, unfortunately L O Schurman was killed in the afternoon in Authie during the big counter attack of the 12 PZ SS Division.It was 11H30 in the end of morning, unfortunately L O Schurman was killed in the afternoon in Authie during the big counter attack of the 12 PZ SS Division.
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My father met Sergeant L O Schurman in Buron on the 7th of June 1944 during the attack against German positions. Sergeant Schurman saved my father and my brother's lives (10 years old at this time) It was at 11H30 in the end of morning, unfortunately L O Schurman was killed in the afternoon in Authie during the big counter attack of the 12 PZ SS Division.
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Page 438 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.
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