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Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Death:
July 25, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. F. 3.
Additional information
Son of Russell Hayes Stinson and Agnes Blanche Stinson; husband of Margaret May Stinson, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Additional citations
The France and Germany Star, The Defence Medal, The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, 1939-1945 Star, and Distinguished Service Medal.
Digital gallery of Major George Henry Basil Stinson
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Newspaper Clipping
Source: Hamilton Spectator August 2, 1944 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Major George Henry Basil Stinson
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Major George Henry Basil Stinson
Digital gallery of
Major George Henry Basil Stinson
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Major George Henry Basil Stinson
Digital gallery of
Major George Henry Basil Stinson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 453 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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