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Military service
Service number:
B/130063
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Toronto Scottish Regiment (M.G.), R.C.I.C.
Death:
July 20, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XX. F. 1.
Additional information
Son of Jack and Laura Young; husband of Florence Young, of Agincourt, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Hamilton Young
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Newspaper Clipping
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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.
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