Military service
Service number:
A/61760
Age:
28
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
April 29, 1916
Wigtonshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
September 2, 1942
Otter Point, British Columbia
Death:
August 13, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IX. D. 6.
Additional information
Son of Mina Stanley, of London, Ontario. Husband of Julie Stanley. Father of James Douglas Stanley.
Son of Private Walter Stanley, who died during service with the Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Corporal Walter James Stanley
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Photo of Walter Stanley
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Embarkation leave photo
Corporal Walter James Stanley with his wife, Julie, and young son, James Douglas Stanley(age 21 months). -
Photo of Walter Stanley
In memory of the people of London, Ontario who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Walter Stanley
Enlisted in the Canadian Fusiliers and transferred to the Essex Scottish Regiment where he was killed in action. -
Group Photo
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Entrance
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Grave Marker
Digital gallery of
Corporal Walter James Stanley
Digital gallery of
Corporal Walter James Stanley
Digital gallery of
Corporal Walter James Stanley
Digital gallery of
Corporal Walter James Stanley
Digital gallery of
Corporal Walter James Stanley
Digital gallery of
Corporal Walter James Stanley
Digital gallery of
Corporal Walter James Stanley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 450 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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