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Military service
Service number:
C/4727
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
January 3, 1924
Grimsby, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 1, 1940
Kingston, Ontario
Death:
July 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XV. A. 10.
Additional information
Son of Wilbert and Marguerite Gilroy.
Digital gallery of Private Wilbert Norman Gilroy
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Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & 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) -
Photo of WILBERT NORMAN GILROY
I wish I had known my uncle.
Digital gallery of
Private Wilbert Norman Gilroy
Digital gallery of
Private Wilbert Norman Gilroy
Digital gallery of
Private Wilbert Norman Gilroy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 316 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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