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Military service
Service number:
B/63695
Age:
27
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Division:
1ST Bn.
Death:
July 9, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XI. D. 10.
Additional information
Son of Duke and Margaret Ibbitson, of Toronto, Ontario; husband of Gladys Clara Ibbitson, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Rifleman George William Ibbitson
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Photo of George William Ibbitson
Corporal Ibbitson joined The Queen's Own Rifles in June 1940. He served in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and then in England. He was killed on the final day of the battle for Carpiquet airfield. -
Gravemarker
Captain Craig Cameron took this photo of Corporal Ibbitson's gravemarker at Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery during a visit to France in June 1997. -
Obituary
This obituary of Corporal Ibbitson was clipped from a paper in 1944 by Mrs Josie McQuade. -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 342 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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