Military service
Service number:
H/41980
Age:
22
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth:
March 15, 1922
Pine River, Manitoba
Enlistment:
October 22, 1941
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
Death:
June 8, 1944
Normandy, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. G. 11.
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Katherine Fagnan, of Camperville, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Anthony Alec Fagnan
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Photo of Anthony Fagnan
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Grave Marker
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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 Anthony Alec Fagnan is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Anthony Alec Fagnan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Anthony Alec Fagnan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Anthony Alec Fagnan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Anthony Alec Fagnan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Anthony Alec Fagnan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 302 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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