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Military service
Service number:
H/40744
Age:
29
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Death:
June 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. H. 8.
Additional information
Son of John and Lillian Canty, of East Kildonan, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Alfred William Canty
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Gravemarker - France 2007
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Grave Marker
A photograph (2010) of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022. -
Memorial
Rifleman Alfred William Canty is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Alfred William Canty
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Alfred William Canty
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Alfred William Canty
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Alfred William Canty
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 267 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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