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Private Hugh Richard Young

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Military service

Service number: B/88045
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Algonquin Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Death: August 18, 1944

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: XIX. B. 15.
Additional information
Son of Clarence J. and Elizabeth B. Young, of Port Robinson, Ontario.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 485 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.

Charles Edward Phillips
Lieutenant
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)
Charles Edward Slack
Major
Governor General's Foot Guards, R.C.A.C.
Charles Edward Tait
Private
Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), R.C.I.C.
B/148268
Charles Eldon Anderson
Corporal
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
G/32359
Charles Ernest Fairfield
Flight Lieutenant
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/12542
Charles Ferries Robertson Thom
Major
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Charles Frederick Young
Private
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
B/77562
Charles Graham Sanderson
Captain
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Charles Hamilton McMurdo
Sergeant
Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment, R.C.A.C.
K/85328
Charles Henry Farrant
Gunner
Royal Canadian Artillery
K/66501
Charles Howard Kearney
Private
Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
A/76096
Charles James Williams
Private
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
B/52502
Charles Joseph Doyle
Captain
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Charles Joseph Mayall
Private
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
D/81445
Charles Kolesar
Gunner
Royal Canadian Artillery
H/69860
Charles Leonard Carr
Private
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
D/142039
Charles Leonard Draper
Private
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
B/42835
Charles Leroy
Rifleman
Regina Rifle Regiment
B/17961
Charles Mackie
Private
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
H/20983
Charles Maitland Kilner
Warrant Officer Class II
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
K/62144
Charles Neale
Corporal
Lincoln and Welland Regiment, R.C.I.C.
B/41087

 

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