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Son of Sidney and Margaret Sackfield, of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Evelyn Beatrice Joan Sackfield, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal James Cameron Sackfield
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Cameron Sackfield
Lance Corporal Jimmy Sackfield joined the Army in July 1940 and, some time after being sent to England, he joined The Queen's Own Rifles. He was in Able company and survived D-Day and Le Mesnil Patry. Lance Corporal Sackfield died of wounds sustained while acting as one of the point men (likely from MG fire) for his company in the Regiment's attack on Quesnay Woods (N. of Falaise).
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Cameron Sackfield
This obituary of Lance Corporal Sackfield was obtained from a Toronto paper in 1944 by Mrs. Josie McQuade.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Cameron Sackfield
This photo of Lance Corporal Sackfield's gravemarker at the Bayeux War Cemetery was taken by Padre Cameron in June 1997.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Cameron Sackfield
This clipping of Rfn Sackfield's wedding announcement has been preserved in a collection by Mrs. Ula Richardson about the QOR in WW II.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Cameron Sackfield
Lomer DeBlois washing Jimmy Sackfield's back on June 20, 1944, in Norrey-en-Bessin (Normandy) France
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Cameron Sackfield
From the Toronto Star September 2nd 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Cameron Sackfield
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Cameron Sackfield
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lance Corporal Jimmy Sackfield joined the Army in July 1940 and, some time after being sent to England, he joined The Queen's Own Rifles. He was in Able company and survived D-Day and Le Mesnil Patry. Lance Corporal Sackfield died of wounds sustained while acting as one of the point men (likely from MG fire) for his company in the Regiment's attack on Quesnay Woods (N. of Falaise).
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This obituary of Lance Corporal Sackfield was obtained from a Toronto paper in 1944 by Mrs. Josie McQuade.
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This photo of Lance Corporal Sackfield's gravemarker at the Bayeux War Cemetery was taken by Padre Cameron in June 1997.
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This clipping of Rfn Sackfield's wedding announcement has been preserved in a collection by Mrs. Ula Richardson about the QOR in WW II.
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Lomer DeBlois washing Jimmy Sackfield's back on June 20, 1944, in Norrey-en-Bessin (Normandy) France
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From the Toronto Star September 2nd 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 435 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
The town of Bayeux, in Normandy, lies 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. Bayeux War Cemetery is situated in the south-western outskirts of the town, on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware.
Bayeux is an ancient and historic town of Normandy. Its cathedral was the seat of Bishop Odon, half-brother of William the Conqueror, who took part in the invasion of England; and in it is the tomb of an English soldier of the Hundred Years' War. Bayeux was the first French town of importance to be liberated from the Germans in June 1944.
On the opposite side of the road stands the Bayeux Memorial to 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and have no known grave.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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